Category:Vexillum

Vex*il"lum, n.; pl. Vexilla. Etym: [l., a standard, a flag.]

1. (rom. Antiq.) (a) a flag or standard. (b) a company of troops serving under one standard.

2. (eccl.) (a) a banner. (b) the sign of the cross.

3. (bot.)

Defn: the upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard.

4. (zoöl.)

Defn: the rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.