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pappus

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

pap=pus

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pappus has 1 sense

pappus(n = noun.plant) - calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions;

is a kind of

calyx

has particulars: thistledown

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pappus, n. [L., an old man or grandfather; hence, a substance resembling gray hairs, Gr. .].

The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositæ; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pappus, n. (pl. pappi) a group of hairs on the fruit of thistles, dandelions, etc.

Derivative

pappose adj.

Etymology

L f. Gk pappos