Definition of labiate

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Labiate (n.) A plant of the order Labiatae.

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Lipped :: Lipped (a.) Labiate.
Lip :: Lip (n.) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
Galea :: Galea (n.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
Skullcap :: Skullcap (n.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised..
Labiate :: Labiate (a.) Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs..
Lion''s Tail :: Lion's tail () A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. L. Cardiaca is the common motherwort.
Perilla :: Perilla (n.) A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage..
Rosemary :: Rosemary (n.) A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy..
Personate :: Personate (a.) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon..
Labiate :: Labiate (v. t.) To labialize.
Origanum :: Origanum (n.) A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare)..
Woundwort :: Woundwort (n.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys..
Sage :: Sage (n.) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage..
Labiatifloral :: Labiatifloral (a.) Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon..
Labiose :: Labiose (a.) Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.
Nepeta :: Nepeta (n.) A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy..
Self-heal :: Self-heal (n.) A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the healall.
Savory :: Savory (n.) An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory..
Labiated :: Labiated (a.) Same as Labiate, a. (a)..
Labiate :: Labiate (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..
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