1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Vexillum \Vex*il"lum\, n.; pl. {Vexilla}. [L., a standard, a flag.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A flag or standard. (b) A company of troops serving under one standard. [1913 Webster] 2. (Eccl.) (a) A banner. (b) The sign of the cross. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane. [1913 Webster]
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