labellate
/ˈleɪbəˌleɪt/
adjective
- Having a lip or lip-like structure, especially in botany describing a flower with a prominent lip.
- Botanists classify many mint flowers as labellate because of their lower lip.
- This labellate bloom is easy to recognize by its large, flat lower petal.
- The orchid's labellate petal attracts bees for pollination.
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