labiate

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/ˈleɪbiət//ˈleɪbieɪt/

adjective

Having lips or liplike parts.

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liplikelipped
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Meanings

adjectivelabiate (comparative more labiate, superlative most labiate)

comparative more labiate · superlative most labiate

  1. Having lips or liplike parts.
  2. biologyHaving the corolla divided into two liplike parts.
  3. biologyof, or belonging to the mint family (Labiatae, now Lamiaceae).
nounlabiate (plural labiates)

plural labiates

  1. biologyA plant of the mint family (Labiatae)
verblabiate (third-person singular simple present labiates, present participle labiating, simple past and past participle labiated)

present singular third person labiates · participle present labiating · participle past labiated · past labiated

  1. To labialize.

    The flowers grow in spikes , and consist of a single , labiated , purple petal

    1763, Richard Brookes, The Natural History of Insects

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving lips or parts that resemble lips

Similar
liplikelipped
Also see
liplikelipped

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian устоцветен
  • устоцветен (ustocveten)belonging to the mint family
Finnish huulellinen, huulimainen
  • huulellinenhaving lips
  • huulimainenhaving corolla divided into two liplike parts
  • huulikukkainenbelonging to the mint family
  • huulikukkaiskasviplant of mint family
German Lippenblütler
  • Lippenblütlerplant of mint family

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bailateBaalitebialate
Cite this entry
APA

labiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labiate

MLA

“labiate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labiate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “labiate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labiate.

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