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ligulae

ligulae is the plural of ligula.

Meaning of ligula

Noun

ligula (plural ligulas or ligulae)

  1. A strap or strap-shaped object, especially such a development in plants or insects.
    • He unhasped the ligulae of his haversack, taking out a pair of blue jeans which he tossed to Bruno.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

Questions about ligulae

What is ligulae the plural of?
Ligulae is the plural of ligula.

Words near ligulae in the dictionary

  1. ligstroside
  2. ligtas point
  3. Ligtasan
  4. Ligue 1
  5. ligula
  6. ligulae
  7. ligular
  8. ligularia
  9. ligularias
  10. ligulas
  11. ligulate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ligulae (page history and authors); ligula (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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