transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈli-(ˌ)gyül ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin ligula, from Latin, small tongue, strap, from lingere to lick — more at lick
Date: circa 1847
: a scalelike projection especially on a plant: as
a. : a thin appendage of a foliage leaf and especially of the sheath of a blade of grass
b. : a ligulate corolla of a ray floret in a composite head