glumiferæ

pl. [Latin glum a =a glume; fero to bear, to produce, to bring forth, and Lat. fem. pl. suff.-œ.] Bot.: The same as GLUMALES (q. v.). glû-mif-er-ous, a. [Latin glum a = a glume; fero to bear, to produce, to bring forth, and Eng. adj. suff.- ous.] Bot .: Of or pertaining to the Glumiferæ; bearing glumes. *glum-mish, a. [Eng. glum ; -ish .] Dark, gloomy, dismal. "An ilex-tree With glummish darkish shade be spreddes the same." Phaer: Virgil's Æneid xi. *glŭm-mỹ, a . [Eng. glum; -y.] Dark, gloomy, dismal. feared, when the weather waxeth dark and glosty, be Knight: Trial of Truth (1580), fo. 27. "Such casual blasts may happen, as are glum-ne , s . [Eng.glum; -ne .] The quality or state of being glum; gloomine , sullenne . †glû-mous, a. [Eng. glum (e); -ous .] Bot .: Having a filiform receptacle, with a com mon glume at the base.