·noun One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
squāmŭla, ae, f. dim. [squama], a little scale , Cels. 7, 26, 3; 5, 28, 17; 5, 6, 2. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.