labiate

An obsolete adjective describing something that has lips or lip-like parts, often used in botanical contexts for flowers with a two-lipped corolla.

• 🌐صفة تصف ما له شفة أو أجزاء شفوية الشكل، وتُستعمل خاصة في علم النبات لوصف الأزهار ذات التويج الشفوي المكون من شفتين.

1. Having lips or lip-like parts C2 formal

   Describing something that has lips or structures resembling lips, often used in botany for flowers with two-lipped corollas.

   • The labiate flower of the mint family is easily recognizable.
   • Botanists classify many herbs as labiate due to their lip-shaped petals.
   • The labiate structure of the plant aids in pollination by insects.

   🌐ذو شفتين أو أجزاء شفتية

   المرادفات: bilabiatelipped

• more labiate comparative form
• most labiate superlative form