1. small scales at the base of grass flowers that help open the flower during blooming
Usage: botanical

Examples

• The lodicules swelled with water to force open the grass floret.
• Botanists examined the lodicules under a microscope to study the flowering mechanism.
• When the lodicules expand, they push apart the lemma and palea.
• The tiny lodicules are crucial for successful pollination in grasses.
• Rice flowers have two lodicules that control the opening process.