Glume

What do we mean by glume?

A bract, usually one of two, at the base of a grass spikelet. noun

A bract in a sedge spikelet, usually subtending a floret. noun

A chaffy bract or bractlet characterizing the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, and other Glumaceæ. noun

The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelet. noun

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

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

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

The sound an alien makes when it eats. GLUME! GLUME! Pronounced the same as the word "Gloom." Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to glume:
glume, plume, glue, glum, flume, blume, glome, glute, glime, glump, lume, grume, glums, gume.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word glume:
palea, spikelet, scabrous, truncate, obtuse, obovate, veined, lemma, acuminate, lanceolate, ovate, oblong, pubescent, hyaline, elliptic, fleshy, apex, glabrous, sterile, fertile, veins, acute, margins, lateral, upper, flowers, absent, wheat, long, purple, smooth, surface, lower, bottom, colour, length, wide, either, without, species.

Words that rhyme with glume:
room, assume, resume, presume, loom, boom, bloom, groom, plume, consume, doom, broom, whom, costume, gloom, fume, tomb, zoom, legume, heirloom, rheum, perfume, restroom, bathroom, vroom, womb, flume, spume, exhume, bedroom, headroom, classroom, boardroom, hume, blume, showroom, brume, neume, spoom, bridegroom, sloom, abloom, backroom, cloakroom, entomb, courtroom, kaboom, livingroom, ballroom, blum, sunroom, nom de plume, khartoum, mailroom, cloom, storeroom, washroom, living room, legroom, newsroom, playroom, lunchroom, locker room, drawing room, barroom, operating room, reassume, stoom, darkroom, coombe, croom, stockroom, dining room, grume, choom, pneum, family room, handloom, broome, emergency room, waiting room, workroom, dressing room, baby boom, sitting room, schoolroom, chat room, phleum, elbowroom, clean room, sonic boom, hospital room, toolroom, back room, recovery room, powder room, reading room, elbow room, push broom, testing room.

Adjectives that are often used to describe glume:
lower, upper, first, second, outer, empty, third, fourth, inner, large, floral, single, fertile, lowest, thick, flowered, bivalve, sterile, yellow, solitary, flowering, flower, coriaceous, nerved.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective glume:
length, colour, base, width, shoulder, hairs, bearing, blotch, size, bases, ratio, wheats, color, warty.

Consonant match to glume:
gloam, gleam, gloom, glum, glomb, glome, glaum, gleim.

Words that sound like glume:
gloom, glume, gleam, glum, glam, gloam, glim, glom, glime, glome, glomb, gleim, glaum, cloom, glue, gloomy, glen, glean, glenn, gleen, glew, gluey, glu, glynn, glyn, glooms, goom, glan, glane, gloomed, glin, gume, glm, gloomth, glynne, glumes, glinn, climb, claim, clam, clime, clim, clem, clum, illume, klem, clune, klim, klemm, klumb, clom, clomb, klam, klamm, klemme, game, glee, glamour, glimmer, gam, gleams, glamor, gleamed, glo, agleam, gim, gloe, gla, gleamy, glimp, glia, gaim, gamm, gamme, gleamer, gli, glay, galloon, glims, geam, glams, gillam, galm, gillum, gley, glammed, gemm, glaw, gaum, glama, glemp, glaa, gamb, glammar, glah, glio, gahm, a gleam, gawm, gln.