Lip

• Title

  Lip

• Definition

  The median petal of Orchidaceae which is usually highly modified and different from the two lateral petals, the lip of orchids often plays a crucial role in the plant's pollination; one of the two divisions of a bilabiate corolla, e.g., in the Lamiaceae.

• Related Terms

  Callus

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