PAPILIONACEOUS

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Resembling the butterfly.

2.
a.

Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea.

3.
a.

Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants (Papilionaceæ) which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and locust.


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