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ligule

[ lig-yool ]

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.


ligule

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


ligule

/ lĭgyo̅o̅l /

  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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Word History and Origins

Origin of ligule1

1595–1605; < Latin ligula; ligula
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ligule1

C19: via French, from Latin ligula strap, variant of lingula, from lingua tongue
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Example Sentences

Sheath of the leaves usually more or less extended above the base of the blade into a scarious appendage (ligule).

Leaves linear, frequently involute, and the ligule or throat of the sheath bearded with long villous hairs.

The ligule is a fringe of close-set hairs on an inconspicuous ridge.

The ligule is a narrow membrane with the edge cut into narrow lobes.

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

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