Pappus

[Pap·pus]

Calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions

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The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Composit'91; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.

Noun
calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions


n.
The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.


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'91; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.

The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Composit'91; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.

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