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LIGULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
Classified under:
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)