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Definition of Papilionaceous
1. a. Resembling the butterfly.
Definition of Papilionaceous
1. Adjective. Having the form of a butterfly ¹
2. Adjective. (botany) Having corolla with two ''wings'' resembling those of a butterfly ¹
3. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to the ''Papilionaceae'' family of plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Papilionaceous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Papilionaceous
1.
1. Resembling the butterfly.
2.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Papilionaceous
Literary usage of Papilionaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laboratory Exercises in Botany by Edson Sewell Bastin (1894)
"From a fancied resemblance to a butterfly, it has been called papilionaceous.
Like most irregular flowers, it faces later- ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... $4 or H'n- long, papilionaceous, 1-3 on flexuous peduncles; calyx very- small;
standard obovate; wings equaling standard, oblanceolate; keel boat-shaped ..."
3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"Beneath it are two smaller incised lobes which form a sort of keel, affording a
convenient place Fig. 273.—Explosive apparatus ID a papilionaceous flower. ..."
4. Annals of Botany by Carl Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (1806)
"... l\LS 1 HE papilionaceous Plants of New Holland, new and strange in their whole
aspect to European botanists, are yet more extraordinary for having most ..."
5. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"The papilionaceous corolla consists of five petals; the upper one, usually larger
than the others, is called the ..."
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