||Va*gin"u*la (?), n. [L., dim. of
vagina sheath.] (Bot.) (a) A little
sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
(b) One of the tubular florets in composite
flowers. Henslow.
||Va*gin"u*la (?), n. [L., dim. of
vagina sheath.] (Bot.) (a) A little
sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
(b) One of the tubular florets in composite
flowers. Henslow.