any of two or three minute scales at the base of the ovary in grass flowers that represent the corolla
Word origin
C19: from Latin lōdīcula, diminutive of lōdix blanket
lodicule in American English
(ˈlɑdɪˌkjul)
noun
one of the usually two minute, flat or fleshy outgrowths at the base of the flower of a grass, that swell up at flowering, assisting the escape of anthers and stigmas
Word origin
L lodicula, a small coverlet, dim. of lodix, a coverlet