資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Squamella \Squa*mel"la\, n.; pl. {Squamell[ae]}. [NL., dim. fr.
   L. squama a scale.] (Bot.)
   A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the
   receptacle in many composite plants; a palea.