Vaginula

·noun One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.

II. Vaginula ·noun A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.

vaginula
vāgīnŭla, ae, f. dim. [vagina, II.], a little sheath , husk of ears of grain, Plin. 18, 7, 10, §...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.