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PAPILIONACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
Synonyms:
family Papilionacea; Papilionaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Papilionaceae" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Holonyms ("Papilionaceae" is a member of...):
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)
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