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Webster 1913 Edition

Lingulate

Lin′gu-late

(lĭṉ′gū̍-lā̍t)

,

Adj.

[L.

lingulatus

, fr.

lingula

a little tongue. Cf.

.]

Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lingulate

LIN'GULATE

,

Adj.

[L. lingulatus, from lingua, tongue.]

Shaped like the tongue or a strap. [But ligulate is more generally used.]