LODICULE - Definition

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Lod"i*cule\, n. [L. lodicula. dim, of lodix, lodicis, a coverlet: cf. F. lodicule.] (Bot.) One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.

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Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	One of a pair of tiny scales in a grass floret, between the lemma and the fertile parts of the flower, which may be reduced perianth segments.