ligulate

[ lig-yuh-lit, -leyt ]

/ ˈlɪg yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

having or forming a ligula.

having the shape of a strap.

Also lig·u·la·ted

[lig-yuh-ley-tid] /ˈlɪg yəˌleɪ tɪd/.

Origin of ligulate

First recorded in 1745–55; ligul(a) + -ate¹

The florets are all ligulate, as in the last species; and the pappus consists of brown, feathery hairs, all of the same length.

Field and Woodland Plants |William S. Furneaux
The passage of ligulate to tubular corollas among Compositæ is not of such common occurrence as is the converse change.

Vegetable Teratology |Maxwell T. Masters
The leaves are fleshy, and ligulate or strap-shaped; and the stems are frequently hollow.

Botany for Ladies |Jane Loudon
When it enters towards the centre of the shell in a tongue-shaped outline it is said to be ligulate.

A Conchological Manual |George Brettingham Sowerby

In gardens—Tabernamontana coronaria, Bhee, Chrysanthemum double and ligulate.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The |William Griffith

ligulate

/ (ˈlɪɡjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt) /

having the shape of a strap

biology of, relating to, or having a ligule or ligula