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Labiate   Listen
adjective
Labiate  adj.  (Bot.)
(a)
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.
(b)
Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... birches and junipers, which are the principal trees of the Pamir, and on the undulating plains grow tamarisks and sedges and mugwort, and a sort of reed very abundant by the sides of the saline pools, and a dwarf labiate ...
— The Adventures of a Special Correspondent • Jules Verne



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