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{ }[ Cf. F. vexillaire, L. vexillarius a standard bearer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vexilary aestivation (Bot.), a mode of aestivation in which one large upper petal folds over, and covers, the other smaller petals, as in most papilionaceous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vexillarius: cf. F. vexillaire. ] A standard bearer. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vexillatio. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A company of troops under one vexillum. [ 1913 Webster ]