ligulateadj.
/ˈlɪɡjᵿlət/, /ˈlɪɡjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɪɡjələt/, /ˈlɪɡjəˌleɪt/ 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.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having strap-like shape
ligulated1753
ligulate1760
strap-shaped1796
strap-form1845
ligular1875
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
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ligulated floscules.
1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 15 Some wore round coronets of the small ligulated feathers of the man of war bird.
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) at Liguliformis Ligulated corols.
1864 T. Wright in Intellectual Observer No. 34. 231 Doubled or ligulated letters.
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adj.1753