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ligule

/lig-yool/US // ˈlɪg yul //UK // (ˈlɪɡjuːl) //

结节,韧带,叶舌,结扎线

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.
    • : a strap-shaped corolla, as in the ray flowers of the head of certain composite plants.

Examples

  • Sheath of the leaves usually more or less extended above the base of the blade into a scarious appendage (ligule).

  • Leaves linear, frequently involute, and the ligule or throat of the sheath bearded with long villous hairs.

  • The ligule is a fringe of close-set hairs on an inconspicuous ridge.

  • The ligule is a narrow membrane with the edge cut into narrow lobes.

  • The ligule is membranous truncate, glabrous, about 1/16 inch in height.