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labiate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈleɪbiət/

Meanings

  1. Having lips or liplike parts.
  2. (of flowers such as the snapdragon) Having the corolla divided into two liplike parts.
  3. of, or belonging to the mint family (Labiatae, now Lamiaceae).

Forms

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more labiate Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most labiate Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unlabiate · unilabiate · labiatifloral · bilabiate · trilabiate

Translations (4)

bg устоцветен (belonging to the mint family) · fi huulimainen (having corolla divided into two liplike parts) · fi huulikukkainen (belonging to the mint family) · fi huulellinen (having lips)

labiate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈleɪbiət/

Meanings

  1. A plant of the mint family (Labiatae)

Forms

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labiates Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

fi huulikukkaiskasvi (plant of mint family) · de Lippenblütler (plant of mint family)

labiate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈleɪbieɪt/

Meanings

  1. To labialize.
    • The flowers grow in spikes , and consist of a single , labiated , purple petal 1763, Richard Brookes, The Natural History of Insects:

Forms

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labiating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
labiated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
labiated Tense=Past lexicographic
labiates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic