ligule Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap

WordNet

Lig"ule noun
Etymology
L.ligula, little tongue, dim of lingua tongue : cf. F. ligule.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of leaf of grass. (b) A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Compositæ.
  2. (Anat.) A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.

Webster 1913