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LIGULE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ligule mean?
• LIGULE (noun)
The noun LIGULE has 1 sense:
1. (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
Familiarity information: LIGULE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("ligule" is a kind of...):
plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
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