ligulate

American  

[lig-yuh-lit, -leyt] / ˈlɪg yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

Also ligulated

adjective

1. having or forming a ligula.

2. having the shape of a strap.

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ligulate British  

/ ˈlɪɡjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. having the shape of a strap

2. biology of, relating to, or having a ligule or ligula

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Etymology

Origin of ligulate

First recorded in 1745–55; ligul(a) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The passage of ligulate to tubular corollas among Compositæ is not of such common occurrence as is the converse change.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

It will be remembered that in the sub-order Ligulifloræ, the florets are naturally all ligulate, so that the change above mentioned is not in itself a very grave one.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Botanical Description.—A stemless plant, the leaves springing immediately from the root as in the pineapple, joined at the base, straight, ligulate, very fleshy and becoming thinner toward the end, with stiff thorns along the edges.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

P. 1 cm. ligulate, ascending, silky, not zoned; g. fold-like, tumid, distant, forked; s. short, pruinose; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

The ligulate or Strap-shaped corolla mainly belongs to the family of Composit�, in which numerous small flowers are gathered into a head, within an involucre that imitates a calyx.

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