Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BAR'BATE, or BAR'BA-TED
BAR'BATE, or BAR'BA-TED, a. [L. barbatus, from barba. See Barb.]
In botany, bearded; also gaping or ringent. Barbatus flos, a gaping or ringent flower; synonymous with the ringent flower of Linnæus, and the labiate of Tournefort. – Milne. Lee.
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