Crossword-Solution: LABIATE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Labiate | v. t. | To labialize. |
| Labiate | a. | 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. |
| Labiate | a. | Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs. |
| Labiate | n. | A plant of the order Labiatae. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| LABIATE | anagram | BAALITE |
We have 6 clues for the answer “LABIATE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| PLANT with calyx divided into two parts suggesting lips | 1 answer |
| PLANT with corolla divided into two parts suggesting lips | 1 answer |
| plant with square stems, aromatic leaves, and a two-lipped flower | 1 answer |
| lipped | 2 answers |
| liplike | 2 answers |
| Having lips | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with LABIATE (5)
Moquin-Tandon has remarked that the flowers which stand on the summit of the main stem or of a lateral branch are more liable to become peloric than those on the sides;[13] and he adduces, amongst other instances, that of _Teucrium campanulatum._ In another Labiate plant grown by me, viz., the _Galeobdolon luteum,_ the peloric flowers were always produced on the summit of the stem, where flowers are not usually borne.
Besides the plants above-mentioned, a beautiful blue Nymphaea was found growing in the lagoon; and around it, among the reeds and high cyperaceous plants, a small labiate, a Gomphrena, the native Chamomile, and a Bellis were growing.
These matters being set right, I pass to the business in hand, which is to define as far as possible the subtle relations between the Veronicas and Draconidæ, and again between these and the tribe at present called labiate.
Whereas the flowers of the labiate family are treated by the distillers as favorites are by the gods, and are cut off in their youth, those of the Umbelliferæ are allowed to mature and develop into the oil-yielding fruits.
The honey gathered from the genus erica (termed _heather honey_) and most labiate plants, is wholesome.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, S&S.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1976–2006).