Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, shaped like a thong or strap; ligulate; linear; much elongated.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Having the form of a thong or strap; ligulate.

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  • adjective botany Having the form of a thong or strap.

Etymologies

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Latin loratus, from lorum thong.

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