Definition of squamule in English:

squamule

noun ˈskweɪmjuːl

Zoology Botany

A small scale.
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Example sentencesExamples
- The ring is white, moderately thick, with verrucose white squamules on the margin of the lower surface.
- These squamules are dissected or incised, meaning the margins have lots of breaks and cuts into them.
- Typically C. ochrochlora has much larger almost undivided squamules while C. coniocraea has smaller finely dissected squamules.

Derivatives

squamulose

adjective

Botany Zoology

Lichens in the genus Cladonia have squamulose bases and often have fruticose fruiting structures called podetia.
Example sentencesExamples
- This lichen has a scale-like squamulose structure but also produces erect stalked cups termed podetia.
- Neophyllis melacarpa is a squamulose lichen from the wet forests of southeast Australia and New Zealand which grows on rotting wood and tree trunk bases.
- In foliose lichens, there is a second cortex below the medulla, but in crustose and squamulose lichens, the medulla is in direct contact with the underlying substrate, to which the lichen is attached.
- In crustose and squamulose lichens there is no lower cortex.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin squamula, diminutive of squama 'scale'.

单词	squamule
释义	Definition of squamule in English: squamule noun ˈskweɪmjuːl Zoology Botany A small scale. 〔植，动〕小鳞片 Example sentencesExamples The ring is white, moderately thick, with verrucose white squamules on the margin of the lower surface. These squamules are dissected or incised, meaning the margins have lots of breaks and cuts into them. Typically C. ochrochlora has much larger almost undivided squamules while C. coniocraea has smaller finely dissected squamules. Derivatives squamulose adjective Botany Zoology Lichens in the genus Cladonia have squamulose bases and often have fruticose fruiting structures called podetia. Example sentencesExamples This lichen has a scale-like squamulose structure but also produces erect stalked cups termed podetia. Neophyllis melacarpa is a squamulose lichen from the wet forests of southeast Australia and New Zealand which grows on rotting wood and tree trunk bases. In foliose lichens, there is a second cortex below the medulla, but in crustose and squamulose lichens, the medulla is in direct contact with the underlying substrate, to which the lichen is attached. In crustose and squamulose lichens there is no lower cortex. Origin Mid 18th century: from Latin squamula, diminutive of squama 'scale'.
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