different between vaginulae vs vaginula

English

vaginulae

From Latin [Term?], diminutive of vagina (“sheath”).

vaginula (plural vaginulas or vaginulae)

(botany) A little sheath, such as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
(botany) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Henslow to this entry?)

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