Squamula

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squamula \Squam"u*la\ (skw[a^]m"[-u]*l[.a] or
     skw[=a]"m[-u]*l[.a]), n.; pl. {Squamulae} (-l[=e]). [L., dim.
     of squama a scale.] (Bot.)
     One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of
     grasses; a lodicule.
     [1913 Webster]