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ˈstrap-shaped, a. Long, narrow and flat in shape. a. spec. in Bot. = ligulate a. 1.
1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 229 Anthers strap-shaped. Ibid. II. 30 Lower lip [of blossom] oblong-strap-shaped. 1806W. Turton Linné's Syst. Nat. VII. Expl. Terms, Strap-shaped, nearly of the same width all along. 1890Hardwicke's Sci.-Gossip XXVI. 206 Our sketch of the ox-eye daisy, showing the outer and usually strap-shaped florets converted into barren tubular florets. b. gen.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxx. III. 231 This cocoon is..composed of small rectangular strap-shaped pieces of the fine upper skin, or epidermis of the twig upon which it rests. 1893Tuckey Amphioxus 136 The fibrilla [sic] grow..to such an extent that from being thread-like in form they become strap-shaped. |