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vexillum
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
VEXILLUM
Vex *il "lum, n.; pl. Vexilla. Etym: [L., a standard, a flag. ]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) (a ) A flag or standard. (b ) A company of troops serving under one standard.
2. (Eccl.) (a ) A banner. (b ) The sign of the cross.
3. (Bot. )
Defn: The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.
New American Oxford Dictionary
vexillum
vex il lum |vekˈsiləm vɛkˈsɪləm | ▶noun ( pl. vexilla |vekˈsilə | ) 1 a Roman military standard or banner, esp. one of a maniple. [Latin, from vehere ‘carry. ’] • a body of troops under such a standard. 2 Botany the standard of a papilionaceous flower. 3 Ornithology the vane of a feather.
Oxford Dictionary
vexillum
vexillum |vɛkˈsɪləm | ▶noun ( pl. vexilla |-lə | ) 1 (in ancient Rome ) a military standard or banner, especially one of a maniple. • a body of troops under a vexillum. • a flag attached to a bishop's staff. • a processional banner or cross. 2 Botany the standard of a papilionaceous flower. 3 Ornithology the vane of a feather. ORIGIN Latin, from vehere ‘carry ’.
Duden Dictionary
Vexillum
Ve xil lum Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Vex i llum |das Vexillum; Genitiv: des Vexillums, Plural: die Vexilla und Vexillen 1 altrömische Fahne lateinisch vexillum, Verkleinerungsform von: velum, Velum 2 Zoologie Fahne 5 3 Botanik Fahne 6
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