LABIATE


Meaning of LABIATE in English

/lay"bee it, -ayt'/ , adj.

1. having parts that are shaped or arranged like lips; lipped.

2. Bot.

a. belonging to the plant family Labiatae (or Lamiaceae). Cf. mint family .

b. two-lipped; bilabiate: said of a gamopetalous corolla or gamosepalous calyx.

n.

3. a labiate plant.

[ 1700-10; labiatus. See LABIUM, -ATE 1 ]

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