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Vexillar; Vexillary
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
2. 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.