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Ligule
Lig′ule
(lĭg′ū̍l)
, Noun.
[L.
ligula
, lingula
, little tongue, dim of lingua
tongue : cf. F. ligule
.] 1.
(Bot.)
(a)
The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.
(b)
A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Compositæ.
2.
(Anat.)
A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.
Definition 2024
ligule
ligule
English
Noun
ligule (plural ligules)
- A strap-shaped structure.
- (botany) A portion of a leaf found at the base of the petiole, when present.
- (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.