squama

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

écaille

squame

Étymologie (Anglais)

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