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Scaled Leaves
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Description: A variety of leaves with scales: "a, the scale-like leaves of the stem of Lathraea squamaria (toothwort); b, the cone with the scales of Cupressus sempervirens (Mediterranean Cypress); c, the imbricate scale-like bract of the spike of Cyperus longus (common galingale)." -Whitney, 1911
Source: Whitney, William Dwight The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York: The Century Co., 1911) 8: 5368
Keywords: scaled leaves, scale leaf, scale-like plant, plants, stem, Lathraea squamaria, toothwort, cone, scales, Cupressus sempervirens, Mediterranean Cypress, spike, Cyperus longus, common galingale
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