ligule
noun
lig·ule ˈli-(ˌ)gyül 
: a scalelike projection especially on a plant: such as
a
: a thin appendage of a foliage leaf and especially of the sheath of a blade of grass
b
: a ligulate corolla of a ray floret in a composite head
Word History
Etymology
New Latin ligula, from Latin, small tongue, strap, from lingere to lick — more at lick
First Known Use
circa 1847, in the meaning defined above
- Throttlebottom
- throttled
- throttled back
- throttlehold
- throttleholds
- throttleman
- throttlemen
- throttler
- throttlers
- throttles
- throttles back
- throttling
- throttling back
- throttling bar
- throttling governor
- throttlings
- through
- through an interpreter
- through and through
- through arch
- through bolt
- through bond
- through bridge
- through check
- through cut