labiatifloral

English

Etymology

labiate +‎ -i- +‎ floral

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
• Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

Adjective

labiatifloral (not comparable)

1. Synonym of labiatiflorous
   • 1847, John Lindley, The Vegetable Kingdom:

     Few of the Labiatifloral Sub-order appear to be of any importance.

   • 1848, Annals of Horticulture, volume 3, page 404:

     The Mutisiaceae form one of the two divisions into which the labiatifloral composites (that is, those in which the hermaphrodite or unisexual florets are divided into two lips); the other division, Nassauviaceae, being distinguished from it by certain peculiarities in the structure of the stigma and style.

   • 1889, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society - Part 1, page 424:

     Observations follow on the decay of the root of Stiftia chrysantha, a labiatifloral Composite, caused by Protomyces radicicolus;