new term request: Hull

[Pankaj Jaiswal]

Hi All,

I need a new term to describe 'hull' in cereal plants. I know experts 
say that it is nothing different than lemma and palea, the two parts 
found in grass floret. Therefore the options are to put 'hull' as 
synonyms of both lemma and palea, which I somehow disagree because the 
term 'hull' is never used in florets/grass flowers. The usage is only in 
the grass fruits (caryopsis). It also appears that the same term is used 
in other families as well. So we need a species/organ specific 
distinction as well.

# dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
# persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry


-Pankaj