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
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- breakfrontest
- breakfronts
- breakhead
- breaking
- breaking and entering
- breaking away
- breaking ball
- breaking bread
- breaking cart
- breaking down
- breaking engine
- breaking free
- breaking in
- breaking joint
- breaking length
- breaking load
- breaking off
- emollients
- emollition
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- emolument