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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: pappus (0.00935 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to pappus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pappus
pappus
n : calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in
plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
[also:
pappi (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pappus
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[ae]; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which
represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.
[1913 Webster]
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