Definitions for papilionaceous

papilionaceous pa·pil·i·o·na·ceous

Spelling: [puh-pil-ee-uh-ney-shuh s]
IPA: /pəˌpɪl i əˈneɪ ʃəs/

Papilionaceous is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 1642 anagrams from letters in papilionaceous (aaceiilnooppsu).

Definitions for papilionaceous

adjective

  1. having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
  2. belonging to the family Papilionaceae (Fabaceae), that is often included as part of the Leguminosae.

Origin of papilionaceous

1660-70; Latin pāpiliōn- (stem of pāpiliō) butterfly + -aceous

Examples for papilionaceous

Astragalus, a genus of papilionaceous plants, herbaceous or shrubby, and often spiny.

Ala (plural, al), a wing; the side-petals of a papilionaceous corolla, 92.

I opened some, and found them of a papilionaceous structure.

Carina, a keel; the two anterior petals of a papilionaceous flower, 92.

The caterpillars live on the pea and other papilionaceous plants.

papilionaceous, butterfly-shaped; applied to such a corolla as that of the Pea, 91.

The names of the five petals of the papilionaceous corolla are curiously incongruous.

Trees or Shrubs with papilionaceous corolla; as the laburnum.

They have been called Mouches papilionaces, or papilionaceous Flies.

The flowers are papilionaceous, of a purple colour and arranged in panicles.

Word Value for papilionaceous
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Words with friends

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