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Ligule

Lig′ule

(lĭg′ū̍l)
,
Noun.
[L.
ligula
,
lingula
, little tongue, dim of
lingua
tongue : cf. F.
ligule
.]
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.
(b)
A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Compositæ.
2.
(Anat.)
A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.