Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ligulate; shaped like a strap: used especially of the rays of the tubuliflorous and the corollas of the liguliflorous Compositæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Shaped like a strap; ligulate.
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Examples
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They are hidden in the center of this evergreen's strap-shaped leaves.
A spring shower of queries on stink bugs, shade trees, more 2010
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They are hidden in the center of this evergreen's strap-shaped leaves.
A spring shower of queries on stink bugs, shade trees, more 2010
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The leaves are strap-shaped, stout and glaucous, and about the same length as the scapes.
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In the cultivated red Daisies used for bordering our gardens, the yellow central boss of each compound flower has given place to strap-shaped florets like the outer rays, and without pollen, so that the entire flower consists of this purple inflorescence.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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They are composed of a regular ring of strap-shaped, bright purple petals, springing from the erect bristly tube, and in the centre
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The leaves, as already hinted, are formed into lax rosettes, which are 5in. to 7in. across; they are strap-shaped, narrowing slightly at the connection, half an inch wide, the outer ones being reflexed; the edges are finely serrated, and irregularly lined with a silver colouring.
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In the third group, of which the dandelion (Fig. 125, _H_), chicory, lettuce, etc., are examples, all of the flowers have strap-shaped, split corollas, and contain both stamens and pistils.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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In all its parts it is larger than the type; the leaves are greener and more strap-shaped, and are more erect, but not so rigid; the habit, too, differs -- it forms more rounded tufts.
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_H_, inflorescence of dandelion (_Taraxacum_), the flowers all alike, with strap-shaped corollas, × 1.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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The leaves are stout, broadly strap-shaped, channelled, and of a deep green colour.
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