labiate

English

Pronunciation

• (adjective, noun) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪbiət/

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• IPA^(key): (verb) /ˈleɪbieɪt/

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Adjective

labiate (comparative more labiate, superlative most labiate)

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).

Derived terms

• bilabiate
• labiatifloral
• trilabiate
• unilabiate
• unlabiate

Translations

having lips

Finnish: huulellinen

having corolla divided into two liplike parts

Finnish: huulimainen

belonging to the mint family

Bulgarian: устоцветен (ustocveten) Finnish: huulikukkainen

Noun

labiate (plural labiates)

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

Translations

plant of mint family

Finnish: huulikukkaiskasvi (fi) German: Lippenblütler (de) m

Verb

labiate (third-person singular simple present labiates, present participle labiating, simple past and past participle labiated)

1. To labialize.
   • 1763, Richard Brookes, The Natural History of Insects:

     The flowers grow in spikes , and consist of a single , labiated , purple petal

Anagrams

• Baalite, bialate

Italian

Adjective

labiate

1. feminine plural of labiato