- Botany a plant of the mint family (Labiatae), with a distinctive two-lobed flower【植】唇形科植物。
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- Botany of, relating to, or denoting plants of the mint family【植】(与)唇形科植物(有关)的。
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- Botany & Zoology resembling or possessing a lip or labium【植, 动】唇形的; 有唇或唇瓣的。
词源
early 18th cent. (as an adjective in the sense two-lipped, describing a corolla or calyx): from modern Latin labiatus, from labium 'lip'.