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The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.

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  1. n. The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.
  2. n. A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Compositae.
  3. n. A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.
  4. n. (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
  5. 1. (Bot.) (a) The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of leaf of grass. (b) A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Compositæ. 2. (Anat.) A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.
  6. A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of thebrain.
  7. n. (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap