labiate /ˈleɪbiət
/ ▸ 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’.