Etymology

squamula

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Today it means: One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule. Full definition →

Latin squamula
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  1. Latin · derived fromsquamula
  2. English todaysquamula

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

Words from the same roots

Latinsquamula all →

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