Definition of Pappos
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
Compositæ; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which
represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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