Ligule Definition

lĭgyo͝ol
noun
A strap-shaped corolla in the flowers of certain composite plants.
Webster's New World
A thin membrane attached to a leaf of grass at the point where the blade meets the leaf sheath.
Webster's New World
Any of various similar appendages on other plants.
Webster's New World

A strap-shaped structure.

Wiktionary

(botany) A portion of a leaf found at the base of the petiole, when present.

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Other Word Forms of Ligule

Noun

Singular:
ligule
Plural:
ligules

Origin of Ligule

  • Latin ligula diminutive of lingua tongue dn̥ghū- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin ligula, diminutive of liga

    From Wiktionary

Ligule Sentence Examples

  • The rice plant is an annual grass with long linear glabrous leaves, each provided with a long sharply pointed ligule.

  • Melica uniflora has in addition to the ligule, a green erect tongue-like process, from the line of junction of the edges of the sheath.

  • Some Commelinaceae and Marantaceae approach grasses in foliage; the leaves of Allium, &c., possess a ligule; the habit of some palms reminds one of the bamboos; and Juncaceae and a few Liliaceae possess an inconspicuous scarious perianth.

  • The simple leaves, which are of small size and do not possess a ligule, are arranged spirally around the branched stem in the majority of the species.

  • The simple, uni-nerved leaves have a ligule near the base; the base of the ligule is somewhat sharply marked off from the other tissues of the leaf.

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Words Starting With

LLILIG

Words Ending With

ELEULE

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Words Starting With L and Ending With E

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With L6 Letter Words Ending With E