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lig·ule (lig′yo̵̅o̅l)

noun

  1. a strap-shaped corolla in the flowers of certain composite plants
  2. a thin membrane attached to a leaf of grass at the point where the blade meets the leaf sheath
  3. any of various similar appendages on other plants

Etymology: L ligula, a spoon, tongue of a shoe, shoe strap < IE base *leiğh-, to lick > MIr liag, lick: infl. by assoc. with L lingua, tongue, ligare, to bind

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ligule Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • call: In some grasses there are also projections on either side of the ligule called AURICLES.
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