Pappus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

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pappus, i, m., = πάππος. I An old man , Varr. L. L. 7, § 30 Müll.— 2 A grandfather , Aus. Idyll...

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