Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LIG'ULE
LIG'U-LATE, or LIG'U-LA-TEDLIG'URE
LIG'ULE, n. [L. ligula, a strap.]
- In botany, the flat part of the leaf of a grass, in contradistinction from that part which sheathes the stem.
- A strap-shaped petal of a flower.
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