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Labiate

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

la=bi=ate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective Labiate has 1 sense

labiate(s = adj.all) liplike - having lips or parts that resemble lips; Array

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Labiate, v. t.

To labialize. Brewer. [1913 Webster]

Labiate, a. [NL. labiatus, fr. L. labium lip.].

Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip. [1913 Webster]

Labiate, n.

A plant of the order Labiatæ. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Labiate, n. & adj.
--n. any plant of the family Labiatae, including mint and rosemary, having square stems and a corolla or calyx divided into two parts suggesting lips.
--adj.
1 Bot. of or relating to the Labiatae.
2 Bot. & Zool. like a lip or labium.

Etymology

mod.L labiatus (as LABIUM)

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