Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A straplike structure, such as the long flattened lobe of the corolla of a ray flower or a membranous or hairy appendage between the sheath and blade of a grass leaf.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, one of several strap-shaped organs or parts.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.
  • noun A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Compositæ.
  • noun (Anat.) A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A strap-shaped structure.
  • noun botany A portion of a leaf found at the base of the petiole, when present.
  • noun botany In many grasses (Poaceae) and some sedges (Cyperaceae), the membranous appendage or ring of hairs projecting from the inner side of a leaf at the junction between the blade and the sheath.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin ligula, diminutive of lingua, tongue; see dn̥ghū- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Latin ligula, diminutive of liga

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