squama

noun — 4 senses

noun

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

Medicine, Sciences A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences The bract of a deciduous spike.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Any scaly bracted leaf.

Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences A calypter.

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