Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having the corolla split, flattened out, and turned to one side, as in the ligular flowers of composites.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having all the
florets ligulate , as in thedandelion .
Etymologies
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semi- + flosculous
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Examples
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A shrub bearing a semiflosculous blossom, applied to the cure of sore eyes.
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The daup (bauhinia) is a small, white, semiflosculous flower, with a faint smell.
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