Papilionaceae

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Translingual

Etymology

Latin papilio, butterfly

Proper noun

Papilionaceae

  1. (botany{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) a botanical name of a family, with as the allowed alternate Fabaceae. Circumscription of this group may vary with taxonomic viewpoint. This same group may be treated in the rank of subfamily: the Papilionoideae of family Leguminosae.
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