'Vexillary' definitions:
Definition of 'Vexillary'
From: GCIDE
- Vexillar \Vex"il*lar\, Vexillary \Vex"il*la*ry\, [Cf. F. vexillaire, L. vexillarius a standard bearer.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers. [1913 Webster]
- Vexilary aestivation (Bot.), a mode of aestivation in which one large upper petal folds over, and covers, the other smaller petals, as in most papilionaceous plants. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vexillary'
From: GCIDE
- Vexillary \Vex"il*la*ry\, n. [L. vexillarius: cf. F. vexillaire.] A standard bearer. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]