VEXILLARIES

Noun

vexillaries

plural of vexillary

Source: Wiktionary


VEXILLARY

Vex"il*lar, Vex"il*la*ry,Etym: [Cf. F. vexillaire, L. vexillarius a standard bearer.]

1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Vex"il*la*ry, n. Etym: [L. vexillarius: cf. F. vexillaire.]

Definition: A standard bearer. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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