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Definitions for: Pappus [n] calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
See Also: calyx, thistledown
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