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From Latin pāpiliō(n) (“butterfly”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
papilionate
Today it means: Butterfly-like, with a corolla, as that of a pea. Full definition →
Today it means: Butterfly-like, with a corolla, as that of a pea. Full definition →
From Latin pāpiliō(n) (“butterfly”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.