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squamula

squamula noun: one of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.

Noun

squamula (plural squamulas or squamulae)

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

Forms of squamula

pluralsquamulas
pluralsquamulae

Origin of squamula

From Latin squamula, diminutive of squama (“a scale”).

Words formed from squamula

Questions about squamula

What does squamula mean?
Squamula means one of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
What part of speech is squamula?
Squamula is a noun.
What is the plural of squamula?
The plural of squamula is squamulas.

Words near squamula in the dictionary

  1. squamousness
  2. squamozygomatic
  3. squams
  4. Squamscot
  5. Squamscott
  6. squamula
  7. squamulae
  8. squamulas
  9. squamulate
  10. squamulation
  11. squamulations

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