strap-shapedadj.
Long, narrow and flat in shape.
a. spec. in Botany = ligulate adj. 1.
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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
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 229 Anthers strap-shaped.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 30 Lower lip [of blossom] oblong-strap-shaped.
1804 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature VII. Expl. Terms Strap-shaped, nearly of the same width all along.
1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 206 Our sketch of the ox-eye daisy, showing the outer and usually strap-shaped florets converted into barren tubular florets.
b. gen.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > of nature of long narrow object > and flat
strap-shaped1826
band-like1839
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 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.
1893 J. Tuckey tr. B. Hatschek Amphioxus 136 The fibrilla [sic] grow..to such an extent that from being thread-like in form they become strap-shaped.
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adj.1796