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Labellum (plural: labella) is the
Latin diminutive of labium,
meaning lip.
These are
anatomical terms used
descriptively in biology:
Labellum (botany)...
- In botany, the
labellum (or lip) is the part of the
flower of an
orchid or Canna, or
other less-known genera, that
serves to
attract insects,
which pollinate...
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Euchromius labellum is a
species of moth in the
family Crambidae. It is
found in Kenya. The
length of the
forewings is 11–13 mm.
Adults are on wing in...
- (zygomorphism), many
resupinate flowers, a
nearly always highly modified petal (
labellum),
fused stamens and carpels, and
extremely small seeds. All
orchids are...
- A third,
modified petal, the
labellum, sits at the
bottom of the
column as a
landing pad for pollinators. The
labellum is trilobed, with two pronounced...
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labellum. The
sepals and
petals are
usually free from and more or less
similar to each
other but
markedly different from the
labellum. The
labellum is...
- In entomology, the term
labellum has been
applied variously and in
partly contradictory ways. One
usage is in
referring to a
elongation of the
labrum that...
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cuticles of
captured prey. The
housefly is a
typical sponging insect. The
labellum's surface is
covered by
minute food channels,
known as pseudotrachea, formed...
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dense cytoplasm.
Platanthera bifolia produces a
nocturnal scent from the
labellum epidermis.
Ophrys labella have dome-shaped, papillate, dark-staining epidermal...
- of
Western Australia.
Hammer orchids are
characterised by an
insectoid labellum that is
attached to a narrow,
hinged stem,
which holds it aloft. The stem...
