papilionaceous
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Is papilionaceous a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a butterfly or butterflies.obsolete
2. (botany) Having a corolla in the form of a butterfly, with prominent wing-like petals; (generally) pertaining to the Faboidea (Papilionoidea) family of plants.Examples: "[T]he broad road is lined with wild bushes and tangled shrubs lavishly decked with brilliant blossoms: the lentisk, so covered with yellow, papilionaceous flowers [translating Schmetterlingsblumen] that not a green leaf is visible…"
3. (figurative) Like a butterfly; showy; capricious.Examples: "Ali G was a glorious, comedic butterfly, but it's my sad duty to report that his exquisitely papilionaceous character is currently being broken upon a wheel."figuratively
Definition source: Wiktionary