VEXILLAR; VEXILLARY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.

2.
n.

Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers. Vexilary æstivation (Bot.), a mode of æstivation in which one large upper petal folds over, and covers, the other smaller petals, as in most papilionaceous plants.


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