Meaning of vaginula | Babel Free

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).”

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