What is "vexillary"

Vexillar \Vex"il*lar\, Vexillary \Vex"il*la*ry\, [Cf. F. vexillaire, L. vexillarius a standard bearer.]

1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers.

   Vexilary [ae]stivation (Bot.), a mode of [ae]stivation in which one large upper petal folds over, and covers, the other smaller petals, as in most papilionaceous plants.

Vexillary \Vex"il*la*ry\, n. [L. vexillarius: cf. F. vexillaire.] A standard bearer.
--Tennyson.

n. A standard-bearer.

Vexillary may refer to:

• an adjective meaning " flag-like"
• the carrier of a Roman vexillum
• Vexillary permutation in mathematics