labiate

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

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• IPA^(key): (verb) /ˈleɪbieɪt/

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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).

labiate (plural labiates)

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

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

• Baalite, bialate

labiate

1. feminine plural of labiato