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lodicule
[ lod-i-kyool ]
noun
, Botany.
- one of the specialized scales at the base of the ovary of certain grass flowers.
lodicule
/ ˈlɒdɪˌkjuːl /
noun
- any of two or three minute scales at the base of the ovary in grass flowers that represent the corolla
lodicule
/ lŏd′ĭ-kyo̅o̅l′ /
- One of two or three small rounded bodies at the base of the carpel of a grass flower. The swelling of the lodicules forces apart the flower's bracts, exposing the flower's reproductive organs.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lodicule1
C19: from Latin lōdīcula, diminutive of lōdix blanket
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Example Sentences
In Melica there is one large anterior lodicule resulting presumably from the union of the two which are present in allied genera.
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Professor E. Hackel, however, regards this as an undivided second pale, which in the majority of the grasses is split in halves, and the posterior lodicule, when present, as a third pale.
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Lodicule, one of the scales answering to perianth-leaves in Grass-flowers.
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