hyaline

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The _third glume_ is ovate-lanceolate, hyaline, acuminate 1 - to 3-veined, male or empty, with a narrow hyaline palea.

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  1. adjective Resembling glass, as in translucence or transparency; glassy.
  2. noun Something that is translucent or transparent.
  3. noun Variant of hyalin.

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  1. Late Latin hyalinus, from Greek hualinos, of glass, from hualos, glass.

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  1. = French hyaline = Spanish hialino = Portuguese hyalino, from Late Latin hyalĭnus, from Greek ὑάλινος, of glass, from ύαλος, also ὑελος, glass, a word said to be of Egyptian origin; glass was first made in Egyptian
 

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/ˈhaɪəlɪn/
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