Associations to the word «Glume»

Wiktionary

GLUME, noun. (botany) a basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae)

Dictionary definition

GLUME, noun. Small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras