Thesaurus: vexillary
Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
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Definitions
- Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
- Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers.
- n. A standard bearer.
- 1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard. 2. (Bot.) 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.
- A standard bearer. Tennyson.
- Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard. Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers. n. A standard bearer.