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(obsolete) Pertaining to a butterfly or butterflies. [17th–19th c.]

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Meaning

  • [Adjective]
  • (obsolete) Pertaining to a butterfly or butterflies. [17th–19th c.]
  • (botany) Having a corolla in the form of a butterfly, with prominent wing-like petals; (generally) pertaining to the Faboidea (Papilionoidea) family of plants. [from 17th c.]
  • (figurative) Like a butterfly; showy; capricious. [from 19th c.]

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