Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The palea of grasses; also, the lodicule or scale at the base of the ovary.
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- noun botany One of the
inner chaffy scales of theflowers orspikelets ofgrasses .
Etymologies
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French glumelle, diminutive of glume.
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