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Vexilla
(gcide) | Vexillum \Vex*il"lum\, n.; pl. Vexilla. [L., a standard, a
flag.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
(a) A flag or standard.
(b) A company of troops serving under one standard.
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2. (Eccl.)
(a) A banner.
(b) The sign of the cross.
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3. (Bot.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the
standard.
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4. (Zool.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together;
the vane.
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Vexillar
(gcide) | Vexillar \Vex"il*lar\, Vexillary \Vex"il*la*ry\, [Cf. F.
vexillaire, L. vexillarius a standard bearer.]
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1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
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2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of
papilionaceous flowers.
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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.
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Vexillary
(gcide) | Vexillar \Vex"il*lar\, Vexillary \Vex"il*la*ry\, [Cf. F.
vexillaire, L. vexillarius a standard bearer.]
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1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
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2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of
papilionaceous flowers.
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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]Vexillary \Vex"il*la*ry\, n. [L. vexillarius: cf. F.
vexillaire.]
A standard bearer. --Tennyson.
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Vexillation
(gcide) | Vexillation \Vex`il*la"tion\, n. [L. vexillatio.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A company of troops under one vexillum.
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