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Webster 1913 Edition

Squamula

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Squam′u-la

(skwăm′ū̍-lȧ or skwā′mū̍-lȧ)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Squamulae

(-lē)

.

[L., dim. of

squama

a scale.]

(Bot.)

One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.

Definition 2024

squamula

squamula

English

Noun

squamula ‎(plural squamulas or squamulae)

(botany) One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.