SQUAMULA

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‖Squam″u‐la (skwăm″ū̍‐lȧ or skwā″mū̍‐lȧ), n.; pl. Squamulæ (–lē). [[L., dim. of squama a scale.]] (Bot.) One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.