Lĭg'ū-late or Lĭg'ū-lā-ted, a.

a. [Fr. ligulé. See infra, and cf. LINGULATE.] (Bot.) Like a bandage, or strap; also, composed of ligulas.

Ligulate flower, a species of compound flower, the florets of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward the end, with the base only tubular.