It's a Latin word that means flake. The term is technically used to refer flakes in various animals, especially ofidios or reptiles, fish. Use in Botany indicates a bract or a braided leaf. In Medicine it can indicate the dry and dead tissue that comes off the skin. Dandruff or scum of the skin.
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