bilabiate corolla

  • 1bilabiate — adjective Date: 1794 having two lips < a bilabiate corolla > …

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  • 2bilabiate — [bī lā′bē it, bī lā′bēāt΄] adj. [ BI 1 + LABIATE] Bot. having two lips, as the corolla of flowers of the mint family …

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  • 3bilabiate — adjective having two lips the corolla of a snapdragon is bilabiate • Syn: ↑two lipped • Similar to: ↑lipped • Topics: ↑botany, ↑phytology …

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  • 4bilabiate — /buy lay bee it, ayt /, adj. Bot. two lipped, as a corolla. See illus. under corolla. [1785 95; BI 1 + LABIATE] * * * …

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  • 5bilabiate — bi•la•bi•ate [[t]baɪˈleɪ bi ɪt, ˌeɪt[/t]] adj. bot bot having two lips, as the corolla of some flowers • Etymology: 1785–95 …

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  • 6bilabiate — /baɪˈleɪbieɪt/ (say buy laybeeayt), / ət/ (say uht) adjective Botany two lipped, as a corolla …

  • 7Bignoniaceae — Trumpet Creeper family Bigleaf Black Calabash (Amphitecna macrophylla) Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 8personate — personate1 personation, n. personative, adj. personator, n. /perr seuh nayt /, v., personated, personating. v.t. 1. to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.). 2. to assume the character or appearance of; pass oneself off as …

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  • 9Personate — Per son*ate, a. [L. personatus masked.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 10Ringent — Rin gent, a. [L. ringens, entis, p. pr. of ringi to open wide the mouth: cf. F. ringent.] (Bot.) Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate corolla. [1913 Webster] …

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