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labiate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective labiate has 1 sense
- labiate(s = adj.all) liplike - having lips or parts that resemble lips; Array
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]
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.
--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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