ligulateadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɪɡjᵿlət/,

/ˈlɪɡjᵿleɪt/, U.S.

/ˈlɪɡjələt/,

/ˈlɪɡjəˌleɪt/

Etymology: < ligula n. + -ate suffix³.

1. Having the form of, or furnished with, a ligula; strap-shaped; Botany applied esp. to the ray florets of some composite flowers, and to flowers having a monopetalous corolla slit on one side and opened flat.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having strap-like shape

ligulated1753

ligulate1760

strap-shaped1796

strap-form1845

ligular1875

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xix. 49 Ligulate, when all the Corollulæ..of the Florets are plane, flat,..and expanded towards the outer Side.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. x. 105 He calls..the semi-florets, ligulate floscules.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 187 The 5 segments that make up the ligulate floret of a Composita.

1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 480/2 Ligulate flowers, are such as have a monopetalous corolla slit on one side and opened flat, as in the Dandelion Lilac.

1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 580 Axis..of the branchlets ligulate.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 196 Daisy,..Ray-flowers many, 1-seriate, female, ligulate.

1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 547 When the leaf is ligulate and its insertion broad.

1877 E. Coues & J. A. Allen Monogr. N. Amer. Rodentia (U.S. Geol. Surv. Territories, vol. XI) 239 The rudimentary pollex of Myodes bears a large ligulate nail.

2. Of letters: Connected by a band.

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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [adjective] > other forms

arrow-headed1799

nail-headed1801

arrowhead1805

blind1820

crossed1834

ligulate1863

ligulated1864

ligated1866

pot-hooked1898

calculiform1900

1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) II. iii. ii. 75 A good example of ligulate letters, which English antiquaries are familiar with, not only on the pottery, but also on the altars and inscribed tablets of the Anglo-Roman period.

Derivatives

ˈligulated adj. in the same senses.

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