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strap-shaped

Adjective

Meaning

Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

A ligule is the strap-shaped tongue of the corolla of either a ray flower or of a ligulate flower. Source: Internet

A ligulate flower is a 5 tipped, strap-shaped, individual flower in the heads of other members. Source: Internet

A ray flower is a 3-tipped (3-lobed), strap-shaped, individual flower in the head of some members of the family Asteraceae. Source: Internet

The leaves are strap-shaped, 25–40 mm long on mature trees, larger, to 100 mm long, on vigorous young trees, and 6–12 mm broad, with a bluntly pointed tip. Source: Internet

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