PAPPUS


Meaning of PAPPUS in English

/pap"euhs/ , n. , pl. pappi /pap"uy/ . Bot.

a downy, bristly, or other tuftlike appendage of the achene of certain plants, as the dandelion and the thistle.

[ 1695-1705; páppos down, lit., grandfather (taken as greybeard, white hairs, down) ]

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