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"papilionaceae"
Keywords:
leguminosae
,
butterfly
,
leguminous
,
corollas
,
fancied
leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
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An order of plants (see LEGUMINOSAE), The flowers of these plants are called papilionaceous, or butterfly-like, from the fancied resemblance of the expanded superior petals to the wings of a butterfly.
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