glume

English Thesaurus

1. small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	bract,
definition	:	a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	flowering glume, lemma,
definition	:	the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae (noun.plant)