ligulate

American  

[lig-yuh-lit, -leyt] / ˈlɪg yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

Also ligulated

adjective

1. having or forming a ligula.

2. having the shape of a strap.

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ligulate British  

/ ˈlɪɡjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. having the shape of a strap

2. biology of, relating to, or having a ligule or ligula

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Etymology

Origin of ligulate

First recorded in 1745–55; ligul(a) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The order is divided into two suborders:—Tubuliflorae, characterized by absence of latex, and the florets of the disk being not ligulate, and Liguliflorae, characterized by presence of latex and all the florets being ligulate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

Heads discoid, the flowers all alike and tubular; or else radiate, the outer ones ligulate and pistillate.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

P. 1 cm. ligulate, ascending, silky, not zoned; g. fold-like, tumid, distant, forked; s. short, pruinose; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Head many-flowered; ray-flowers in several rows, narrowly ligulate, pistillate, fertile; disk-flowers with undivided style, sterile.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Those of the circumference are ligulate and ordinarily unisexual, without stamens.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de