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- Geniculate
- Bent sharply, like a bent knee.
- Genus
- An inclusive, taxonomic category whose species have more characteristics in common with each other than with species of other genera within the same family.
- Gibbous
- Swollen on one side; see the second glume of Sacciolepis.
- Glabrate
- Almost glabrous.
- Glabrescent
- Becoming glabrous (without hairs) as that plant structure ages or matures.
- Glabrous
- Without hairs of any type.
- Glandular
- Bearing glands.
- Glaucous
- A waxy bloom or white covering of a surface. In plants the result is usually a bluegreen color.
- Globose
- Round or spherical.
- Glumes
- odd veined bracts that delimit the spikelet; usually 2 per spikelet; attached to the rachilla; empty.
- Grass Flower
- The reproductive axis subtended by the palea and lemma and consisting of lodicules, stamens, and carpels, although it may also be unisexual.