Labiate
/ˈleɪ.bi.eɪt/noun
Having lips or a lip-like shape; especially used in botany for flowers with two-lipped corollas.
Did you know?Labiate comes from Latin labium, “lip,” the same root behind words tied to the mouth and edge, and in botany it became the technical name for flowers shaped like a pair of lips.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lebʰ-
“A root associated with the lip or something that hangs loosely at the mouth”
Latin
Latin
labium
“Lip; edge or border”
Late Latin
Latin
labiātus
“Having lips; lip-shaped”
16th Century
English
labiate
“Having lips or a lip-like form”
Modern English
English
labiate
“Having lips or, in botany, a two-lipped corolla”