Meaning of PAPPUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'papus
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions |
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| | See Also: | | calyx, thistledown | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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[ae]}; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which
represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A tuft (or ring) of hairs or scales borne above the ovary and outside the corolla (possibly representing the calyx); a tuft of hairs on a fruit. |
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