SQUAMULA

Etymology

Noun

squamula (plural squamulas or squamulae)

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

Source: Wiktionary

Squam"u*la ( or ), n.; pl. Squamulæ. Etym: [L., dim. of squama a scale.] (Bot.)

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition