A family of plants characterized by having glumae (chaffy scales), including grasses and sedges.
From 'gluma' + the Latin family suffix '-aceae.' This botanical classification term was formalized in the 18th century to group plants sharing the characteristic glumate structure.
This family includes wheat, rice, corn, and every grass in your lawn—basically, plants that feed the world are united by those tiny papery covers protecting their seeds!
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