Definition of Labellate

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Labellate

labefies
labefy
label
label cloud
label clouds
label scars
labelable
labeled
labeler
labelers
labeling
labelings
labell
labella
labellable
labellate (current term)
labelled
labelled atom
labelled thyroxine
labeller
labellers
labelless
labelling
labelloid
labellum
labellums
labelmate
labelmates
labels
labent

Literary usage of Labellate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1873)
"... petals might take on some of the labellate character with its attendant spur, which gave such a peculiar appearance to so many orchidaceous plants. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1890)
"As a result of my own studies, I have concluded that the mandibles are present only in the rarest instances ; that the proboscis and its labellate ..."

3. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology by Geological Survey of Canada (1899)
"... labellate or extended on the lower side, and uniting above in angular ridges separating the cells ; apertures very unequal in size. ..."

4. Paxton's Flower Garden by Sir Joseph Paxton, John Lindley, Thomas Baines (1882)
"... sinuses of the marginal lobes ; the indusium smooth ; veins (labellate, about four running into eaeh ..."

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