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.

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

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.

Heads discoid, the flowers all alike and tubular; or else radiate, the outer ones ligulate and pistillate.

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

Frond wholly divided into narrow ligulate, dichotomous, bi or multiserial branches; no vibracula.

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