Definition of Lodicule. Meaning of Lodicule. Synonyms of Lodicule

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Definition of Lodicule

Lodicule
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.

Meaning of Lodicule from wikipedia

- one internal (the palea). The perianth is reduced to two scales, called lodicules,: 11  that expand and contract to spread the lemma and palea; these are...
- occasionally play a role. The perianth is reduced to two scales, called lodicules,: 11  that expand and contract to spread the lemma and palea; these are...
- seeds within an ovary, pollen within an anther or spores in a sporangium. lodicule One of two or three minute organs at the base of the ovary of a gr**** flower...
- indeterminate inflorescences, "pseudospikelets", and flowers with three lodicules, six stamens, and three stigmata. Following more recent molecular phylogenetic...
- sterile bodies have developed between the stamen fascicles, working as lodicules to spread the petals of the pseudotubular flower, a specialized pollination...
- that do not or only scarcely converge distally; and short, truncate, lodicules. They differ from Bromeae, another tribe with closed leaf sheaths, in...
- surrounded by scale-like lodicules and two bracts, the lemma and the palea, but genetic evidence and morphology suggest that lodicules are homologous to eudicot...
- sides that meet in the middle, measuring 4–5.5 mm (0.16–0.22 in) long. Lodicules are toothed and lack trichomes. Anthers are 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long...
- Flowers' 3 anthers are 0.6–1 millimetre (0.024–0.039 in) long with 2 lodicules. Fruits are dark brown in colour, ellipsoid, have an additional pericarp...
- veins and have acute apexes. Flowers are membranous too and have two lodicules. They also carry two stigmas and three stamens the latter of which are...