Glossary: wing

Definition:

  1. (in general) any flat expansion of an organ;
  2. each of the two lateral petals in the flowers of the Papilionoideae;
  3. each of the two inner, usually petaloid, sepals in the flowers of the Polygalaceae.

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The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Glossary details: wing.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/glossary-display.php?glossary_id=838, retrieved 3 July 2025

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