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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.
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