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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
labellum /ləˈbɛləm/

▶noun (pl. labella)

1 Entomology a lobe at the tip of the proboscis in some insects.

2 Botany a larger central petal at the base of an orchid flower.

– origin C19: from L., dimin. of labrum ‘lip’.

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