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Pappus

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Noun

1. pappus

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pappus

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nounWord forms: plural pappi (ˈpæpaɪ )
a ring of fine feathery hairs surrounding the fruit in composite plants, such as the thistle; aids dispersal of the fruits by the wind

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Pappus

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nounWord forms: plural ˈpapˌpi (ˈpæpˌaɪ ; papˈīˌ)
Botany
a group or tuft of prongs, bristles, scales, or simple or branched hairs, as on the achenes of the dandelion, forming the modified calyx of the composite and certain other families and serving in the dispersal of the fruit

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pappus

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n. pl. pap·pi (păpī)
A modified calyx, composed of scales, bristles, or featherlike hairs, in plants of the composite family, such as the dandelion and the thistle.

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