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The seminiferous scale of Pinus, &c., is also spoken of sometimes as a ligular outgrowth from the carpellary leaf.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

At the base and just above the ligular region there will always be a white distinct zone in the lamina of all grasses called the collar.

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

Sem′i-flos′culōse, Sem′i-flos′culous, having the corolla split, flattened out, and turned to one side, as in the ligular flowers of composites; Semiflu′id, half or imperfectly fluid; Sem′i-formed, half-formed.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various