Ligulate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 210 anagrams from letters in ligulate (aegilltu).
First recorded in 1745-55; ligul(a) + -ate1
The florets are all ligulate, as in the last species; and the pappus consists of brown, feathery hairs, all of the same length.
The passage of ligulate to tubular corollas among Compositæ is not of such common occurrence as is the converse change.
In gardens—Tabernamontana coronaria, Bhee, Chrysanthemum double and ligulate.
The heads are terminal, consisting of yellow, ligulate florets, surrounded by five large cordate bracts.
When it enters towards the centre of the shell in a tongue-shaped outline it is said to be ligulate.
The leaves are fleshy, and ligulate or strap-shaped; and the stems are frequently hollow.