lodicule

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lodicule - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lodicule \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.
     [1913 Webster]