papilionaceous
[puh-pil-ee-uh-ney-shuh s]
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adjective Botany.
having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
belonging to the family Papilionaceae (Fabaceae), that is often included as part of the Leguminosae.
Origin of papilionaceous
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The caterpillars live on the pea and other papilionaceous plants.
Our Common InsectsAlpheus Spring Packard
They have been called Mouches papilionaces, or Papilionaceous Flies.
The Insect WorldLouis Figuier
I opened some, and found them of a papilionaceous structure.
Lachesis LapponicaCarl von Linn
Trees or Shrubs with papilionaceous corolla; as the laburnum.
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to LinnusWilliam MacGillivray
Ala (plural, al), a wing; the side-petals of a papilionaceous corolla, 92.
The Elements of BotanyAsa Gray