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bumboat (medicine)


bumboat


A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc, for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.

Origin: From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. Bun a box for holding fish in a boat.

Source: Websters Dictionary


labiate (iou)



labiate adjective & noun. E18.
[mod. Latin labiatus, from LABIUM: see -ATE2.]
A. adjective.
Botany.
a. Of a corolla or calyx: = two-lipped s.v. TWO adjective. E18.
b. Belonging to the family Labiatae, consisting of herbaceous plants and undershrubs usu. with two-lipped flowers and square stalks (e.g. the mints, ground ivy, the dead-nettles). M19.
Anatomy & Zoology. Resembling a lip or labium in shape, function, etc. L19.
b. noun. Botany. A plant of the family Labiatae. M19.
labiated adjective (now rare or obsolete) = LABIATE adjective 1a, 2 E18.