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Lodicule vs Glume - What's the difference?

lodicule | glume |

In botany terms the difference between lodicule and glume

is that lodicule is a small scale at the base of the ovary of a flower of a grass while glume is a basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae.

lodicule

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A small scale at the base of the ovary of a flower of a grass

    • glume

    English

    Noun

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