Labiate Definition

lābē-ĭt, -āt
adjective
Formed or functioning like a lip.
Webster's New World
Having a lip or lips; lipped.
Webster's New World
Having the calyx or corolla so divided that one part overlaps the other like a lip.
Webster's New World
Of or pertaining to the mint family.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
A plant of the mint family.
Webster's New World
verb

To labialize.

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Other Word Forms of Labiate

Noun

Singular:
labiate
Plural:
labiates

Origin of Labiate

  • Latin labium lip labium –ate Adj., sense 2b, and noun, from New Latin Labiātae family name from Latin labium

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Labiate Sentence Examples

  • Handsome labiate plants, requiring a warm and well-drained soil.

  • Mussinii, i ft., is a compactly spreading greyishleaved labiate, with lavender-blue flowers, and is sometimes used for bedding or for marginal lines in large compound beds.

  • Labiate, composite and umbelliferous plants are most common.

  • Between the two lips there is a gap. The throat is the part where the tube and the labiate limb join.

  • In Labiate plants, as the dead-nettle (Lamium), the flowers are produced in the axil of each of the foliage leaves of the plant, and they appear as if arranged in a simple whorl of flowers.

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Words Starting With

LLALAB

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With L7 Letter Words Ending With E