Two-lipped
61bilabiate — /buy lay bee it, ayt /, adj. Bot. two lipped, as a corolla. See illus. under corolla. [1785 95; BI 1 + LABIATE] * * * …
62columnea — /keuh lum nee euh/, n. any of various vines or shrubs of the genus Columnea, native to tropical America, that have tubular, showy, two lipped flowers and are often cultivated as houseplants. [ < NL (Linnaeus), equiv. to column(a), Latinized form… …
63false dragonhead — a North American plant, Physostegia virginiana, of the mint family, having a spike of tubular, two lipped, pink or white flowers. Also called obedient plant. * * * …
64figwort family — the plant family Scrophulariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having alternate or opposite leaves, often showy two lipped or irregular flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the figwort, foxglove,… …
65gesneria family — /ges near ee euh, jes / the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet …
66honeysuckle — honeysuckled, adj. /hun ee suk euhl/, n. any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, esp. D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers. [1225 75; ME honiesoukel, equiv. to honisouke (OE hunigsuce; see… …
67Indian paintbrush — any of several semiparasitic plants belonging to the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, as C. linariaefolia, of the western U.S.: the state flower of Wyoming. [1890 95, Amer.] * * * or paintbrush Any plant of the genusCastilleja(snapdragon… …
68mint family — the large plant family Labiatae (or Lamiaceae), characterized by aromatic herbaceous plants having square stems, simple leaves, clusters of two lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of small nutlets, and including basil, bee balm, catnip, coleus …
69monarda — /meuh nahr deuh/, n. any aromatic, erect plant belonging to the genus Monarda, of the mint family, native to North America, including horsemint and Oswego tea. [1705 15; < NL, named after N. Monardés (1493 1588), Spanish botanist; see A2] * * * ▪ …
70monkey flower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower), having spotted flowers that resemble a face. [1780 90] * * * ▪ plant any of the herbaceous or, rarely, shrubby plants of… …
