Squama

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
  2. 2
    a protective structure resembling a scale wordnet
  3. 3
    The bract of a deciduous spike.
  4. 4
    Any scaly bracted leaf.
  5. 5
    A calypter.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin squāma (“scale”). Doublet of squame.

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