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labiate

/ˈleɪbiət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
labi-ate
IPA
/ˈleɪbiət/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having lips or liplike parts.

adj

Having the corolla divided into two liplike parts.

adj

of, or belonging to the mint family (Labiatae, now Lamiaceae).

noun

A plant of the mint family (Labiatae)

verb

To labialize.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more labiate (comparative) most labiate (superlative) labiates (plural) labiates (present, singular) labiating (participle, present) labiated (participle, past) labiated (past)

Derived Forms

bilabiate labiatifloral trilabiate unilabiate unlabiate

Synonyms

liplike

Questions

How do you pronounce labiate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈleɪbiət/.
What does labiate mean?
Having lips or liplike parts.

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