labellateadj.

1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. II. 799 Sometimes they [sc. the petals of the Violaceæ] are equal, at others unequal, when the lower petal is labellate and furnished with a spur or hollow at its base.

1873 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 276 The formation of a labellate petal which gave such a distinguishing character to the general orchideæ flower.

1890 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 17 320 The proboscis and its labellate development have nothing to do with the labium, but are maxillary developments.

1905 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 29 p. xxxiv A second flower had no labellum, the lateral sepals were fused,..and both the lateral petals were slightly labellate.

2007 Taxon 56 676 Undetermined lower brachyceran fly Protapiocera sp. (Mydidae) from the Early Cretaceous..possesses an elongate, tubular and distally labellate proboscis.

1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 432 Labellate.., long-lipped, or in shape nearly like the blade of a shovel, the upper side of the calicle being entirely wanting... It passes into the dimidiate form.

1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 442 Corallum having the calicles labellate.

1892 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 10 462 Upper surface covered with suberect labellate corallites.

1954 Professional Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 260-I 417/2 The protuberant corallites of A. pharaonis characteristically bear clusters of smaller, labellate corallites.

1999 C. C. Wallace Staghorn Corals of World 233 Radial corallites [of the Acropora aspera group] labellate, the upper part of the corallite wall being absent and the lower part being developed into a flaring lip.

2009 Mem. Queensland Mus.: Nature 54 No. 2. 37/2 Species with radial corallites evenly sized, labellate.