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Webster 1913 Edition

Ringent

Rin′gent

,
Adj.
[L.
ringens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
ringi
to open wide the mouth: cf. F.
ringent
.]
(Bot.)
Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth;
as a
ringent
bilabiate corolla
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ringent

RING'ENT

,
Adj.
[L. ringor, to make wry faces, that is, to wring or twist.]
In botany, a ringent or labiate corol is one which is irregular, monopetalous, with the border usually divided into two parts called the upper and lower lip; or irregular and gaping, like the mouth of an animal.

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