La"bi*ate (?), v. t. To labialize. Brewer.

La"bi*ate (?), a. [NL. labiatus, fr. L. labium lip.] (Bot.) (a) Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip. (b) Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatæ), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.

La"bi*ate, n. (Bot.) A plant of the order Labiatæ.

• having lips or liplike parts
  
• (botany)(of flowers such as the snapdragon) having the corolla divided into two liplike parts
  
• (botany) of, or belonging to the mint family Labiatae.