squama

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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.

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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