Glume: n. In the other cases, the glumes are removed by threshing and constitute the "husk", one speaks then of bare grain cereals, much easier to prepare, because they can be ground without prior shelling.
The glume should not be confused with the bran which is the envelope of the caryopsis and not of the flower.
Etymology: This French word derived from the Latin gluma ...
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