glume n : small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae

English

Etymology

The term comes from the Latin gluma, meaning "husk of grain". It can also be seen in the French verb, glubere meaning "to peel".

Noun

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

Translations

• Italian: gluma

Italian

Noun

glume

1. Plural of gluma

Chaff ( or /tʃæf/, both to rhyme with "half") is a term from agriculture used for the inedible, dry, scaly protective casings of the seeds of cereal grain. Chaff is a byproduct of grain production and is often used as livestock fodder, ploughed into the soil, or burnt.

Etymology

From Middle English chaf, from Old English ceaf; related to Old High German cheva meaning husk.

Cereal chaff

• Biomass
• Threshing machine
• Combine harvester