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vaginula

vaginula noun: a little sheath, such as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.

Noun

vaginula (plural vaginulas or vaginulae)

  1. A little sheath, such as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
    • In Sphagnum it is shaped somewhat like a button , having a very narrow neck, which is firmly embraced by the vaginula.1837, The transactions of the Linnean Society of London, page 468
    • The plant is distinctive in the reddish brown tomentum, the longly hairy vaginula and the erect or spreading peristome teeth (normally corticolous species have reflexed teeth and normally saxicolous species a ± glabrous vaginula).1980, Anthony John Edwin Smith, The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland, page 483

Forms of vaginula

pluralvaginulas
pluralvaginulae

Origin of vaginula

Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīnula, diminutive of vagina (“sheath”).

Questions about vaginula

What does vaginula mean?
Vaginula means a little sheath, such as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
What part of speech is vaginula?
Vaginula is a noun.
What is the plural of vaginula?
The plural of vaginula is vaginulas.

Words near vaginula in the dictionary

  1. vaginosonography
  2. vaginotomies
  3. vaginotomy
  4. vaginovesical
  5. vaginovulvar
  6. vaginula
  7. vaginulae
  8. vaginulas
  9. vaginulate
  10. vaginule
  11. vaginules

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