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

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.

Polyzoarium entirely divided into ligulate dichotomous bi or multiserial branches; back nearly covered by large vibracula; avicularia sessile.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John

Rays present; i.e. the marginal flowers or some of them with ligulate corollas.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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

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