ligula
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
Definition of ligula
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A strap or strap-shaped object, especially such a development in plants or insects.
“He unhasped the ligulae of his haversack, taking out a pair of blue jeans which he tossed to Bruno.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
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”).
Words you can make from ligula
20 playable · top: GLIAL (6 pts)
Best play glial 6 points4-letter words
6 words3-letter words
7 words2-letter words
6 wordsHooks
3 extensions · 3 back
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