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

The ligule is a fringe of white hairs.

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

The ligule is a short membrane with a fringe of slender hair-like processes.

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

Panicle more or less spreading after flowering; ligule short and truncate.

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

The ligule is membranous truncate, glabrous, about 1/16 inch in height.

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

The ligule is a short thin membrane fringed with hairs.

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