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Webster 1913 Edition
Vexillary
{
Vex′il-lar
,Vex′il-la-ry
, }[Cf. F.
vexillaire
, L. vexillarius
a standard bearer.] 1.
Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
2.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers.
Vexilary aestivation
(Bot.)
, a mode of aestivation in which one large upper petal folds over, and covers, the other smaller petals, as in most papilionaceous plants.
Vex′il-la-ry
,Noun.
[L.
vexillarius
: cf. F. vexillaire
.] A standard bearer.
Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vexillary
VEX'ILLARY
,Noun.
VEX'ILLARY
,Adj.
Definition 2024
vexillary
vexillary
English
Noun
vexillary (plural vexillaries)
- A standard-bearer.
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