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n. The often enlarged petal of an orchid flower.

n. A liplike part, such as the tip of the proboscis of various insects, used for lapping up liquids.

n. The lower central petal of orchid flowers, usually developed to be showy and attract pollinators.

n. The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.

n. A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.

n. In botany, one of the three divisions of an orchidaceous corolla, differing from the others in shape or direction, and not seldom spurred; the lip.

n. In entomology, a part of the mouth of an insect, by some considered to be the epipharynx. In Diptera the labellum is one of a pair of tumid lobes terminating the theca of the proboscis.

"This experiment let them show that the protein was made in the fly's major taste organ (called the labellum) and trace its manufacture to a subset of sensory cells that respond to noxious chemicals."

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