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Australian Biological Resources Study

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Flora of Australia
GLOSSARY

Compiled by A.McCusker


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ligule: a strap-shaped structure; a membranous or hairy appendage on the adaxial surface of a leaf, especially in grasses, at the junction between sheath and blade; a small adaxial appendage near the leaf base in some pteridophytes; the corolla limb in ray flowers of Asteraceae. Ligule
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