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papilionaceous
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PAPILIONACEOUS
a.Resembling the butterfly; a term in botany, used to describe the corols of plants which have the shape of a butterfly, such as that of the pea. The papilionaceous plants are of the leguminous kind. The papilionaceous corol is usually four-petaled, having an upper spreading petal, called the banner, two side petals called wings, and a lower petal called the keel.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PAPILIONACEOUS
PAPILIONACEOUS Pa *pil `io *na "ceous, a.
1. Resembling the butterfly.
2. (Bot. ) (a ) Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea. (b ) Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants (Papilionaceæ )which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and locust.
New American Oxford Dictionary
papilionaceous
pa pil i o na ceous |pəˌpilēəˈnāSHəs pəˈˌpɪliəˈˌneɪʃəs | ▶adjective Botany of, relating to, or denoting leguminous plants of a group (subfamily Papilionoideae or family Papilionaceae ) with flowers that resemble a butterfly. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin Papilionaceae (plural ), based on Latin papilio ‘butterfly, ’ + -ous .
Oxford Dictionary
papilionaceous
papilionaceous |pəˌpɪlɪəˈneɪʃəs | ▶adjective Botany relating to or denoting leguminous plants of a group (subfamily Papilionoideae or family Papilionaceae ) with flowers that resemble a butterfly. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin Papilionaceae (plural ), based on Latin papilio ‘butterfly ’, + -ous .
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