labiate

Etymology

adj

  1. Having lips or liplike parts.
  2. (botany, of flowers such as the snapdragon) Having the corolla divided into two liplike parts.
  3. (botany) of, or belonging to the mint family (Labiatae, now Lamiaceae).

noun

  1. (botany) A plant of the mint family (Labiatae)

verb

  1. To labialize.
    The flowers grow in spikes , and consist of a single , labiated , purple petal 1763, Richard Brookes, The Natural History of Insects

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