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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 lig·ule /ˈlɪ(ˌ)gju(ə)l/
 小舌,舌狀片

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lig·ule n.
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 ligule
      n : (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a
          strap