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bilabiate

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bi·la·bi·ate  (b-lb-t, -t)
adj. Botany
Having two lips, as the corollas of the snapdragon.
bilabiate [baɪˈleɪbɪˌeɪt -ɪt]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany divided into two lips the snapdragon has a bilabiate corolla
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Adj.1.bilabiate - having two lips; "the corolla of a snapdragon is bilabiate"
two-lipped
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
lipped - having a lip or lips; "a lipped bowl"; "a virgin purest lipped"- John Keats
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Its flowers are small, clustered into axillary inflorescences, hermaphrodite, pentamer, strongly zygomorphous and bilabiate.
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It has foot-long flower wands that are studded with pinkish white bilabiate blossoms and violet calyces.
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Mints are grouped together because they have several distinguishing characteristics such as square stems, wood leaves in pairs opposite on the stem and bilabiate (two lipped) corollas (the flower petals).
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