labiate

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: la=bi=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

labiate, v. t. 

 To labialize.  Brewer.  [1913 Webster]

labiate, a. [NL. labiatus, fr. L. labium lip.].

 Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.  [1913 Webster]

labiate, n. 

 A plant of the order Labiatæ.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

labiate, n. & adj.
--n. any plant of the family Labiatae, including mint and rosemary, having square stems and a corolla or calyx divided into two parts suggesting lips.
--adj.
1 Bot. of or relating to the Labiatae.
2 Bot. & Zool. like a lip or labium.

Etymology

mod.L labiatus (as LABIUM)