Labials
letters or characters representing a sound or articulation formed or uttered chiefly by the lips, as b, f. m, p, v.
LABIATZE (-ā'tē), in botany, labiates, a large order of perigynous exogens, ous ous plants or undershrubs, with fouropposite leaves without stipules, covered with receptacles of aromatic oil. Akin to Verbenaceæ and alliance Echiales. It consists of herbacethe Boraginaceæ. Distribution wide. They abound especially between lat. 40° and 50° N. They constitute 1/24 the flora of France, and 1/26 that of Germany. No poisonous plant belongs to the order, though there are 120 genera and about 2,500 known species.
LABIUM (Latin, "a lip"), in zoölogy, a term applied to the lower lip of the insects and other Arthropoda, the upper part being called the labrum. The term is also applied to the inner lip of the ; the outer lip being the labrum.