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Labiate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LA'BIATE,
LA'BIATED, a. [from L. labium, lip.] In botany, a labiate corol is irregular, monopetalous, with two lips, or monopetalous, consisting of a narrow tube with a wide mouth, divided into two or more segments arranged in two opposite divisions or lips. a labiate flower has a labiate corol.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having lips or parts that resemble lips [syn: labiate, liplike]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: New Latin labiatus, from Latin labium Date: 1706 1. having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts projecting one over the other like lips <mints and the snapdragon are labiate> 2. of or relating to the mint family II. noun Date: 1845 a plant of the mint family

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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. Etymology: mod.L labiatus (as LABIUM)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Labiate La"bi*ate, n. (Bot.) A plant of the order Labiat[ae].

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Labiate La"bi*ate, v. t. To labialize. --Brewer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Labiate La"bi*ate, a. [NL. labiatus, fr. L. labium lip.] (Bot.) (a) 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. (b) Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiat[ae]), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.