obligulate, a. Bot.
(ɒˈblɪgjʊlət)
[See ob- 2.]
Applied to a ligulate floret of a composite flower, having the ligula on the inner instead of the outer side.
| 1857 in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1892 Syd. Soc. Lex., Obligulate, Cassini's term for a floret of a composite plant when there is a small ligula on the inner side, as in Zœgea. |