Vă-gĭn'ī-lĭē, n.
n. [Lat., dim. of vagina, sheath.] (Bot.) (a.) A little sheath, as that about the sporangium of some mosses. Gray. (b.) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers. Henslow.
n. [Lat., dim. of vagina, sheath.] (Bot.) (a.) A little sheath, as that about the sporangium of some mosses. Gray. (b.) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers. Henslow.