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ligule

(lig′yo̵̅o̅l)

noun

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

Origin: 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

See ligule in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A straplike structure, such as the corolla of a ray flower or a membranous or hairy appendage between the sheaf and blade of a grass leaf.

Origin:

Origin: Latin ligula

Origin: , diminutive of lingua, tongue; see dṇghū- in Indo-European roots

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