Vocabulary : Labellum to Labiate

Labellum : The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape. ;; A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.
Labellums : of Labellum
Labent : Slipping; sliding; gliding.
Labia : See Labium. ;; of Labium
Labial : Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins. ;; Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe. ;; Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w. ;; Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178. ;; Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium. ;; A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w. ;; An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe. ;; One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.

Labialism : The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language.
Labialization : The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.
Labialize : To modify by contraction of the lip opening.
Labially : In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips.
Labiate : To labialize. ;; 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. ;; Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs. ;; A plant of the order Labiatae.

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