English Dictionary

papilionaceous

adj

(obsolete) Pertaining to a butterfly or butterflies.

The flowers in the garden were papilionaceous, with vibrant colors and delicate petals.

意味（1）

(obsolete) Pertaining to a butterfly or butterflies.

意味（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.

[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…

意味（3）

(figuratively) Like a butterfly; showy; capricious.

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.