Vexillar


Vex´il`lar


1.1.Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.2.(Bot.) 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.