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noun
A strap or strap-shaped object, especially such a development in plants or insects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Latin ligula (“strap, spoon”), a variant of lingula (“small tongue-shaped object”), itself partly derived from lingō (“lick”) and partly a diminutive of lingua (“tongue”).
Across languages
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