Definitions for ligule

ligule lig·ule

Spelling: [lig-yool]
IPA: /ˈlɪg yul/

Ligule is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in ligule (egillu).

Definitions for ligule

noun

  1. a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.
  2. a strap-shaped corolla, as in the ray flowers of the head of certain composite plants.

Origin of ligule

1595-1605; Latin ligula; see ligula

Examples for ligule

The ligule is a structure peculiar to grasses and it varies very much.

ligule obsolete, with a stiff subulate process on the sheath opposite the blade-insertion.

The ligule is distinct, consisting of a fringe of stiff hairs.

From Holcus it is easily distinguished by the sheaths, ligule and soft hairs of that genus.

Molinia also has a tuft of hairs instead of a ligule, and a split sheath, and its habit is different.

Roots very tough and stringy: ligule small, but thick and blunt.

Leaves conduplicate or convolute, short and narrow, the ligule short: minute ears at base.

Changed the last index reference for "ligule" from 57 to 67; also the reference for "Ocreate."

The ligule is a distinct membrane and the nodes are glabrous.

Anthoxanthum differs in its habit, ears, scent, sheath and ligule.

Word Value for ligule
Scrable

7

Words with friends

11

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