vexillary
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English
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Definitions
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.
A standard bearer. Tennyson.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
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- “A standard bearer. Tennyson.” web-def
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