单词 | labiate |
释义 | labiateadj.n. A. adj. 1. Botany. a. Of a flower: having a tubular corolla with a labium or (usually) two labia (cf. bilabiate adj.); (also) characteristic of the family Lamiaceae (formerly Labiatae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having a lip labiate1706 two-lipped1787 unilabiate1826 fiddle-lipped1836 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Labiate Flowers (among Herbalists) are those that have one or two Lips; some of which represent a kind of Helmet, or Monk's Hood. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. iv. 46 The white Dead-nettle bears a monopetalous labiate flower [Fr. une fleur monopétale labiée]. 1812 J. Stokes Bot. Materia Medica II. 268 The ends of the laciniae of the corolla not disposed in manner of a labiate flower. 1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate v. 91 There appear bunches of a pale herb, with greenish labiate flowers, and a scent like hops: it is the woodsage. 1903 Victorian Naturalist 19 130 The under lip of this labiate flower serves as a landing stage for the humble bees to alight on. 2003 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 164 Suppl. No. 5 S322/2 The labiate flowers, e.g., in C[yphia] bulbosa, have a distinctly zygomorphic stylar head that is turned toward the upper lip. b. Of a plant: having labiate flowers; spec. belonging to the family Lamiaceae (formerly Labiatae), comprising mainly herbs and shrubs which typically have bilabiate flowers, opposite leaves, and (often) square stems, and which are frequently highly aromatic. Also: designating this family and its genera.The mints, thymes, and other important culinary herbs are members of the family Lamiaceae. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [adjective] labiated1687 labiate1785 lipped1836 labiatifloral1846 labiatiflorous1855 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. iv. 48 The greater part of the labiate plants [Fr. un grand nombre de labiées] are either strong-smelling and aromatic, as Marjoram, Thyme, Basil,..some few only having little or no smell, as Bugle, Self-heal, [etc.]. 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 272/1 Doubts exist as to the botanical origin of the plant [sc. Matica], some ascribing it to a Labiate plant. 1862 H. W. Bellew Jrnl. Polit. Mission Afghanistan 451 The greensward..was covered with a variety of labiate herbs, amongst which the wild thyme, mint, basil, sage, and lavender were recognized. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 783/2 Nepeta, a genus of the labiate order, distinguished by the calyx having about fifteen ribs, and an oblique five-toothed mouth. 1905 Jrnl. Mycol. 11 64 Finding the aecidium of Puccinia Stipae shows that the American species is wholly distinct from the European species on Stipa, which..belongs to an aecidium on the Labiate-genus Thymus. 1978 Jrnl. Hist. Biol. 11 374 All three are dittanies, labiate plants. 2008 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 275 565 Aphis fabae grew more slowly on the labiate plant Lamium purpureum than on an alternative host plant. 2. Chiefly Zoology. a. Of an orifice or opening: having a thickened or lip-like margin. ΚΠ 1837 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 113/2 In the..common Vinegar-eel, Bory St. Vincent has distinguished individuals in which a slender spiculum is protruded from the labiate orifice corresponding to that..from which the ova are extruded. 1889 Cent. Dict. Labiate,..in Entomol., having thickened fleshy margins: applied to an orifice. 1910 Ann. Surg. 52 642 A labiate opening of the right ureter into the renal pelvis had produced a hydronephrosis. 2008 Jrnl. Palaeontol. Soc. India 53 31 Anteriorly eccentric, kidney-shaped, labiate peristome. b. Resembling a lip in shape, position, or function. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > of the lip > of the nature of a lip labial1656 labiose1832 labiate1842 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 163/1 An order of Acephalous or headless bivalve Mollusks, characterized by having the mantle organized so as to be serviceable for respiration, and by having two long fleshy, ciliated, spiral arms, or labiate processes. 1882 Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger: Zool. IV. Pl. XXX (caption) It [sc. the sense club of a medusa] is surrounded on either side by the labiate sense folds. 1910 Bull. Bureau Fisheries 30 238 Peristome [of Cellepora americana] thin and raised,..in fertile cells present on the sides only, where it projects in labiate processes. 1997 Kidney Internat. 52 590/2 As a result a hollow comma-shaped body is formed with a labiate fold at the lower pole of the condensate. 2011 L. K. Medlin in J. Seckbach & J. P. Kociolek Diatom World 99 Labiate processes in the Coscinodiscophytina, where present, are located in a ring around the valve perimeter or scattered over the valve face. B. n. Botany. A plant belonging to the family Lamiaceae (formerly Labiatae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] Petera1325 mint1548 labiate1764 1764 J. Hill Veg. Syst. VII. 2 Our method, leading to the certain knowledge of the objects, first by artificial Characters, which are perfectly distinct, is obliged to neglect the Labiates. 1861 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (rev. ed.) iii. 196 The common bugle,..one of the labiates. 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. i. 19 Generally in the Labiates, the corolla has the lower lip adapted as an alighting board for insects. 1931 A. D. Hall Soil (ed. 4) x. 357 A number of labiates like Origanum, are characteristic of the pastures and waste places on chalk and limestone. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees x. 244 Members of the Lamiaceae are still commonly called ‘labiates’, at least by people like me, in whom old habits die hard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1706 |
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