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Meaning of vaginula | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A little sheath, such as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.

Examples

“In Sphagnum it is shaped somewhat like⟳ a button , having a very narrow neck, which is firmly embraced by the vaginula.”
“The plant⟳ is distinctive in the reddish brown tomentum, the longly hairy vaginula and the erect or spreading peristome teeth (normally corticolous species have⟳ reflexed teeth and normally saxicolous species a ± glabrous vaginula).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

vaginulid Vagitanus vagitarian vagitarianism vagitus vagitus uterinus

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