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paphiopedilum | papier-maché | papier-mache | papilio | papilionaceae | papilionaceous | papiliones | papilionides | papilionoideae | papilla | papillar

papilionaceous

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Adjective
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CIDE DICTIONARY

papilionaceousa. 
  •  Resembling the butterfly.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

papilionaceous, adj. (of a plant) with a corolla like a butterfly.

Etymology
mod.L papilionaceus f. L papilio -onis butterfly

ROGET THESAURUS

papilionaceous

Symmetry

N symmetry, shapeliness, finish, beauty, proportion, eurythmy, uniformity, parallelism, bilateral symmetry, trilateral symmetry, multilateral symmetry, centrality, arborescence, branching, ramification, arbor vitae, symmetrical, shapely, well set, finished, beautiful, classic, chaste, severe, regular, uniform, balanced, equal, parallel, coextensive, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, branching, ramous, ramose, filiciform, filicoid, subarborescent, papilionaceous, fuji-shaped, fujigata.


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