bilabiate

[ bahy-ley-bee-it, -eyt ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. two-lipped, as a corolla.

bilabiate

/ -ɪt; baɪˈleɪbɪˌeɪt /

adjective

1. botany divided into two lips

   the snapdragon has a bilabiate corolla

Other Words From

• nonbi·labi·ate adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bilabiate¹

First recorded in 1785–95; bi- ¹ + labiate

Example Sentences

Involucral leaves 2; perianth dorsally compressed, the mouth truncate, bilabiate, decurved.

From Project Gutenberg

Corolla.—Tubular; six lines to an inch long; bilabiate; the lips strongly revolute; the upper four-lobed, the lower entire.

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Os′cule, a little mouth: a small bilabiate aperture; Os′cūlum, a mouth in sponges: one of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm.

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Occasionally some of the petals become more united than others, and then the corolla assumes a bilabiate or two-lipped form, as seen in the division of Compositae called Labiatiflorae.

From Project Gutenberg

This is a common form of gamopetalous corolla; and the calyx is often bilabiate also.

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