Meaning Of The Word Pappus

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pappus in American English
a group or tuft of prongs, bristles, scales, or simple or branched hairs, as on the achenes of the dandelion, forming the modified calyx of the composite and certain other families and serving in the dispersal of the fruit
noun: a downy, bristly, or other tuftlike appendage of the achene of certain plants, as the dandelion and the thistle

pappus in British English
noun: a ring of fine feathery hairs surrounding the fruit in composite plants, such as the thistle; aids dispersal of the fruits by the wind

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