lodicule

One of two or three small scales at the base of the ovary in a grass flower, believed to be a rudimentary perianth.

In botany, one of the scales which occur in the flowers of some grasses, inserted on the receptacle just outside the stamens. Also called squamula and paleola.

One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.

A small scale at the base of the ovary of a flower of a grass