English Explanatory Dictionary

vexillum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flag, banner, or standard.
  2. A company of troops serving under one standard.
  3. The sign of the cross.
  4. The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower.
  5. The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.

Word forms

vexillum vexilla

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēxillum (“flag, banner”).

Synonyms

vane

Related words

vexilloid vexillar vexillary
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