subfamily papilionoideae

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   alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae

   SynonymsPapilionoideae

   Broaderrosid dicot family

   NarrowerMedicago

   Part ofLeguminosae

Questions about subfamily papilionoideae

What does subfamily papilionoideae mean?

subfamily papilionoideae means "alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae".

What is another word for subfamily papilionoideae?

Close synonyms include Papilionoideae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subfamily papilionoideae a common word?

subfamily papilionoideae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.