Squamula

‖Squam″u‐la (skwăm″ū̍‐lȧ or skwā″mū̍‐lȧ), n.; pl.Squamulæ (–lē). [L., dim. of squama a scale.] (Bot.) One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.