Hypertext Webster Gateway: "labiate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Labiate \La"bi*ate\, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the order {Labiat[ae]}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Labiate \La"bi*ate\, v. t.
To labialize. --Brewer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Labiate \La"bi*ate\, a. [NL. labiatus, fr. L. labium lip.]
(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 ({Labiat[ae]}), of
which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are
mostly aromatic herbs.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
labiate
adj : having lips or parts that resemble lips [syn: {liplike}]
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