Squamula
Pronunciation : Squam"u*la ( or )
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L., dim. of squama a scale.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
pl. Squamul
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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