Definition of "ligulate" [lig•u•late]

• Strap-shaped. (adjective)
• Having a ligule. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I am unable to learn to what species it is most nearly related; its name, which doubtless has reference to its peculiar form and habit, would seem to isolate it even from its parents, if such are known; it, however, belongs to that section having thick leathery leaves, ligulate, encrusted, arranged in rosette form, and having excavated dots."
• "_Ligulifloræ_, the florets are naturally all ligulate, so that the change above mentioned is not in itself a very grave one."
• "On the other hand, were the ligulate florets to be all replaced by tubular ones, the term peloria would be more strictly applicable."