How can I get the taxonomy title from its machine name? (drupal 7) I am trying to get the taxonomy name which I already got its machine name.
The content type "manage field" looks like following image:


Right now, I already got the value "field_application_type." How can I get the lable "application type"(in the red circle) for this machine name(in the blue circle)?
The correct way to obtain a Label of a taxonomy vocabulary would be something like this:

$vocabulary = taxonomy_vocabulary_machine_name_load('machine_name');
echo check_plain($vocabulary-&gt;name);


However, looking at your screenshot, I guess you actually want to have the field Label of the taxonomy reference field. 

In that case your question is a duplicate of How do I get a field label by the field name?