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Geum vs Glum - What's the difference?

geum | glum |

As nouns the difference between geum and glum

is that geum is any of the genus of perennial herbaceous plants while glum is light.

geum

English

(wikipedia geum)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the genus of perennial herbaceous plants.
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    • , passage=The circles, which were ablaze with daffodils this spring, are now afloat with airy geum , cosmos, acidanthera and dahlias. }}

    glum

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) glomen, glommen, glomben, . More at (l).

    Verb

    (glumm)
  • (obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
    • (Hawes)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) sullenness
    • (Skelton)

    Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (glummer)
  • despondent; moody; sullen
  • * Thackeray
    • I frighten people by my glum face.