Vaginula

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

  Vaginula \Va*gin"u*la\, n. [L., dim. of vagina sheath.] (Bot.)
     (a) A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of
         most mosses.
     (b) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.
         --Henslow.
         [1913 Webster]