Labiate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Labiate \La"bi*ate\, n. (Bot.)
     A plant of the order {Labiat[ae]}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Labiate \La"bi*ate\, v. t.
     To labialize. --Brewer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  labiate
       adj : having lips or parts that resemble lips [syn: {liplike}]