labiate

C2+ Topic:Science & Research

US /ˈleɪbiət/ UK /ˈleɪbiət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
biology: having lips or lip-like parts, especially a flower whose corolla is divided into two lips

The labiate flower provides a lower landing platform for visiting bees.
2

noun
dated botany: a plant of the former family Labiatae, now called Lamiaceae or the mint family

The aromatic herb is a labiate with a square stem.
3

verb
rare phonetics: to articulate a sound with the lips; to labialize

The speaker began to labiate the consonant with exaggerated care.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · biology: having lips or... lippedliplikebilabiate

2 noun · dated botany: a plant of... mint-family plantlamiaceous plant

3 verb · rare phonetics: to... labializeround

Opposites

unlabiate

Word family

Forms labiating

Derived forms bilabiatelabiatifloraltrilabiateunilabiateunlabiate

Related forms labium lipLamiaceaemint

Etymology

From Latin labium, 'lip,' + -ate. Botanical use describes a corolla shaped like upper and lower lips and formerly supplied the family name Labiatae. The rare verb applies the same lip image to speech articulation.

Topics

Science & Research

External links

# labiate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj, noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈleɪbiət/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈleɪbiət/

## Meanings
1. biology: having lips or lip-like parts, especially a flower whose corolla is divided into two lips
2. dated botany: a plant of the former family Labiatae, now called Lamiaceae or the mint family
3. rare phonetics: to articulate a sound with the lips; to labialize

## Examples
- The labiate flower provides a lower landing platform for visiting bees.
- The aromatic herb is a labiate with a square stem.
- The speaker began to labiate the consonant with exaggerated care.

## Synonyms
- lipped
- liplike
- labialize

## Antonyms
- unlabiate

## Derived Forms
- bilabiate
- labiatifloral
- trilabiate
- unilabiate
- unlabiate

## Related Forms
- labium
- lip
- Lamiaceae
- mint

## Etymology
From Latin labium, 'lip,' + -ate. Botanical use describes a corolla shaped like upper and lower lips and formerly supplied the family name Labiatae. The rare verb applies the same lip image to speech articulation.

## Topics
- Science & Research

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