Pappus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pappus	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Pappus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pappus n calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pappus \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 {Composit[91]}; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.