/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 ]