ligule

American  

[lig-yool] / ˈlɪg yul /

noun

Botany.

1. a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.

2. a strap-shaped corolla, as in the ray flowers of the head of certain composite plants.

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ligule British  

/ ˈlɪɡjuːl /

noun

1. a membranous outgrowth at the junction between the leaf blade and sheath in many grasses and sedges

2. a strap-shaped corolla, such as that of a ray floret in the daisy

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ligule Scientific  

/ lĭg′yo̅o̅l /

1. A straplike structure, such as the long flattened lobe of the corolla of a ray flower or a membranous or hairy appendage between the sheath and blade of a grass leaf.

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Etymology

Origin of ligule

1595–1605; < Latin ligula; see ligula

Example Sentences

Ligule, Ligula, the strap-shaped corolla in many Composit�, 93; the membranous appendage at the summit of the leaf-sheaths of most Grasses, 67.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Changed the last index reference for "Ligule" from 57 to 67; also the reference for "Ocreate."

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Ligule is membranous, short, very finely ciliolate or not.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.