Definitions for ligules

ligules lig·ule

Spelling: [lig-yool]
IPA: /ˈlɪg yul/

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

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in ligules (egillsu).

Definitions for ligules

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 ligules

1595-1605; Latin ligula; see ligula

Examples for ligules

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Word Value for ligules
Scrable

7

Words with friends

11

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