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PAPPUS
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Irregular inflected form: pappi
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pappus" is a kind of...):
calyx ((botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pappus"):
thistledown (pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle)
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