Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by abnormal suppression of the galea or upper lip: applied by Morren to the flowers of certain bilabiate plants, as Calceolaria.
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Suppression of the upper lip in such flowers as _Calceolaria_ has been termed by Morren "apilary."
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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