ligulate

• Frond wholly divided into narrow ligulate, dichotomous, bi or multiserial branches; no vibracula. —  Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1
• Those of the circumference are ligulate and ordinarily unisexual, without stamens. —  Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
• In gardens -- Tabernamontana coronaria, _Bhee_, Chrysanthemum double and ligulate. —  Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
• -- A stemless plant, the leaves springing immediately from the root as in the pineapple, joined at the base, straight, ligulate, very fleshy and becoming thinner toward the end, with stiff thorns along the edges. —  The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
• The ligulate corollas also may often be found in Chrysanthemums, Dahlias, &c., more or less deeply divided into their component parts. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms