labellum
noun
the petal of an orchid that differs more or less markedly from the other petals, often forming the most conspicuous part; the lip.
labella
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pluralof labellum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Capitulum: a small head: the enlarged tip of an antenna: the little knob at tip of halteres in Diptera: the labella or lapping tip of the mouth of certain flies.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
They probably pass through the thin membrane connecting the labella with the proboscis and there find their way into the wound made by the puncture when the insect bites.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Rennie Wilbur Doane
Orchids are very subject to an increase in the number of their labella.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
Pseudo-trachea: the ringed and ridged grooves on the labella of Diptera, by means of which they scrape their food.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
The peculiarities of these flowers," writes Professor Gray, "are that they have three labella, and that the column is resolved into small petaloid organs.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
