Crossword-Solution: VEXILLUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Vexillum | n. | A flag or standard. |
| Vexillum | n. | A company of troops serving under one standard. |
| Vexillum | n. | A banner. |
| Vexillum | n. | The sign of the cross. |
| Vexillum | n. | The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard. |
| Vexillum | n. | The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Vane | 10 answers |
| FLOWER, form of | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with VEXILLUM (5)
The difference in the size of the cells on the calyx under the vexillum right down to the common peduncle is conspicuous.
When I saw the odd shape of the base of the vexillum, I concluded that it must have some meaning, but little dreamt what that was.
Coronilla emerus is of the ordinary papilionaceous type.) With respect to the non-coherence of the one stamen, do examine some flower-buds at a very early age; for parts which are largely developed are often developed to an unusual degree at a very early age, and it seems to me quite possible that the base of the vexillum (to which the single stamen adhered) might thus be developed, and thus keep it separate for a time from the other stamens.
Farrer, however, remarks ‘Nature’ 1872 page 499, that “there is a cavity at the back and base of the vexillum, in which I have not been able to find nectar.
Corolla: Vexillum lamina oblonga subconduplicata nec explanata, basi simplici absque auriculis; ungue abbreviato.