LIGULE


Meaning of LIGULE in English

/lig"yoohl/ , n. Bot.

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.

[ 1595-1605; ligula; see LIGULA ]

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