labellum

From Latin labellum (“small tub or basin”), diminutive of labrum (“basin, tub”), from lavō (“bathe”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ləˈbɛl.əm/

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labellum (plural labella or labellums)

Showy Lady Slipper (Cypripedium reginae) has a pink labellum.

1. The lower central petal of a flower (especially an orchid), usually developed to be showy and attract pollinators.

• lip

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laˈbel.lum/, [ɫaˈbɛl.lũ]

From labrum (“lip”).

labellum n (genitive labellī); second declension

1. a (little) lip

Second declension.

From lābrum (“basin”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laːˈbel.lum/, [ɫaːˈbɛl.lũ]

lābellum n (genitive lābellī); second declension

1. a (small) bowl, basin

Second declension.

• labellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• labellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• labellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• labellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette