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Webster 1913 Edition

Squamella

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Squa-mel′la

(skwȧ-mĕl′lȧ)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Squamellae

(-lē)

.

[NL., dim. fr. L.

squama

a scale.]

(Bot.)

A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea.