Category:Vexillar

Vex"il*lar, vex"il*la*ry,etym: [cf. F. vexillaire, l. vexillarius a Standard bearer.]

1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.

2. (bot.)

Defn: of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of Papilionaceous flowers. Vexilary æstivation (bot.), a mode of Æstivation in which one large upper petal folds over, and covers, the Other smaller petals, as in most papilionaceous plants.