glumaceous
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Perianth not glumaceous or chaffy; flowers not in dense heads.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Perianth none, or very rudimentary: glumaceous bracts to the flowers.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Mayaceæ, 537 Perianth wholly glumaceous, of 6 similar divisions.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Various interpretations have been given to these glumaceous organs and different terms employed for them by various writers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Restio, res′ti-ō, n. a genus of glumaceous plants.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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