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labiate

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
labiate /ˈlābēət, , ˈleɪbiət , ˈlābēˌāt, ˈleɪbiˌeɪt /
▸ noun Botany a plant of the mint family (Labiatae), with a distinctive two-lobed flower.
▸ adjective
1 Botany relating to or denoting plants of the mint family.
2 Botany & Zoology resembling or possessing a lip or labium.
– ORIGIN early 18th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘two-lipped’, describing a corolla or calyx): from modern Latin labiatus, from labium ‘lip’.