squama
Meaning
- A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
- The bract of a deciduous spike.
- Any scaly bracted leaf.
- A calypter.
Synonyms
Translations
squama
escama
écaille
schub
escama
kabuk
escata
φολίδαEtymology
Borrowed from Latin squāma (“scale”). Doublet of squame.
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