Having two lips or lip-like structures; used in biology and botany to describe organisms with symmetrical lips.
From Latin 'bi-' meaning 'two' plus 'labia' meaning 'lips,' combining to describe anatomical or botanical structures with dual lip-like formations.
Many orchids and snapdragons are bilabe structures, which helps bees know exactly where to land for pollen—evolution shaped flower lips like landing strips!
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