Pappus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A modified calyx, composed of scales, bristles, or featherlike hairs, in plants of the composite family, such as the dandelion and the thistle.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Down, as that on the seeds of some plants.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
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