Palate

s. (palatum, Latin). 1. The instrument of taste; the upper part or roof of the mouth (Hake will). 2. Mental relish; ‘intellectual taste (J’aylor). Pavare, in botany. Gibbositas prominens in fauce corolla. Philos. Bot. Proce us labii inferior is superior a versus quo rictus oceluditur. Delin. Pl. A prominency in the throat of a corol in labiate flowers; or a proce of the lower lip, extending towards the ‘upper part, by which the gape or opening is closed. ~PALATI CIRCUMFLEX US, in myology. ee CIRCUMFLEX US.