Vexillum

[vek'silәm]

Definition

(n.) A flag or standard.

(n.) A company of troops serving under one standard.

(n.) A banner.

(n.) The sign of the cross.

(n.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard.

(n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.

Inputed by Cleo

Definition

n. in the ancient Roman army a standard the troop serving under such a standard: (eccles.) a processional banner: (bot.) the large posterior petal of a papilionaceous flower—also Vex′il; the web or vane of a feather:—pl. Vexill′a.—adjs. Vex′illar Vex′illary.—ns. Vex′illary Vex′illātor a standard-bearer.—adj. Vex′illate having vexilla.—n. Vexillā′tion a company under one vexillum.

Edited by Benson