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lodicule Bot.|ˈlɒdɪkjuːl|
Also lodicle |ˈlɒdɪk(ə)l|.
[ad. L. lōdīcul-a, dim. of lōdix coverlet.]
A green or white scale, the lowest part of a grass flower.
1864Oliver Elem. Bot. i. v. 53 Note also [in Wheat] 2 very minute scales, called lodicules, representing a perianth, inserted under the ovary. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 531/2 Within the pale[a] are two minute, ovate, pointed, white membranous scales called ‘lodicles’. 1900L. H. Bailey Bot. 146. 1968 F. W. Gould Grass Systematics ii. 55 Lodicules play a role in the opening of the flower at anthesis. |