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squamula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
squa-mu-la
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

squamulas (plural) squamulae (plural)

Derived Forms

esquamulose squamuliform squamulose

Questions

What does squamula mean?
One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
Where does squamula come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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