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pappus |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pappus \Pap"pus\, n. [L., an old man or grandfather; hence a substance resembling gray hairs, Gr ?.] (Bot.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order {Composit[ae]}; also the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pappus n : calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
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