Labiate

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  • adjective. Having lips or liplike parts.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Having or characterizing flowers with the corolla divided into liplike parts.
  • adjective. Of or belonging to the mint family.
  • noun. A plant belonging to the mint family.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lipped; having parts which are shaped or arranged like lips.
  • noun. A plant of the natural order Labiatæ.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To labialize.
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatæ), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.
  • noun. A plant of the order Labiatæ.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. having lips or liplike parts
  • adjective. having the corolla divided into two liplike parts
  • adjective. of, or belonging to the mint family (Labiatae).
  • noun. a plant of the mint family (Labiatae)
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having lips or parts that resemble lips
    • Word Usage
    "Whereas the flowers of the labiate family are treated by the distillers as favorites are by the gods, and are cut off in their youth, those of the Umbelliferæ are allowed to mature and develop into the oil-yielding fruits."
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