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Ligule   Listen
noun
Ligule  n.  
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.
(b)
A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Compositae.
2.
(Anat.) A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.





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"Ligule" Quotes from Famous Books



... two parts, the leaf-sheath and the leaf-blade. At the junction of these two parts there is a very thin narrow membrane with fine hairs on its free margin. This is called the ligule. ...
— A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses • Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar


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