Crossword-Solution: PAPILIONACEOUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Papilionaceous | a. | Resembling the butterfly. |
| Papilionaceous | a. | Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea. |
| Papilionaceous | a. | Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants (Papilionaceae) which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and locust. |
We have 1 clue for the answer “PAPILIONACEOUS”
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| WITH corolla like a butterfly (bot.) | 1 answer |
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Form of quartz with coloured bands
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
TAEGA
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with PAPILIONACEOUS (5)
Many flowers, on the other hand, have their organs of fructification closely enclosed, as in the great papilionaceous or pea-family; but these almost invariably present beautiful and curious adaptations in relation to the visits of insects.
What you say on Papilionaceous flowers is very true; and I have no facts to show that varieties are crossed; but yet (and the same remark is applicable in a beautiful way to Fumaria and Dielytra, as I noticed many years ago), I must believe that the flowers are constructed partly in direct relation to the visits of insects; and how insects can avoid bringing pollen from other individuals I cannot understand.
This plant has leaves, which must have struck everyone with surprise who has noticed them, for they are quite unlike those of all common papilionaceous plants, and resemble those of a grass.
But I have forgotten to say that my maximum difficulty is trees having papilionaceous flowers: some of them, I know, have their keel-petals expanded when ready for fertilisation; but Bentham does not believe that this is general: nevertheless, on principle of nature not lying, I suspect that this will turn out so, or that they are eminently sought by bees dusted with pollen.
Papilionaceous flowers are almost dead floorers to me, and I cannot experimentise, as castration alone often produces sterility.