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Pappus
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pappus
[n] - calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
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Pappus
A whorl or tuft of delicate bristles.
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Pappus
Pap'pus noun [ Latin , an old man or grandfather; hence, a substance resembling gray hairs, Greek ....] (Botany) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositæ ; also, the...
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pappus
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. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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pappus
noun calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
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Pappus
• (n.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.
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pappus
(from the article `Asterales`) The calyx (sepals) of the Asterales is so highly modified, in contrast to that of other orders, that it is given a different name, the pappus. The ... ...at its base one or more series of leaflike bracts. The small individual flowers arise in spiral order on the recept...
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Pappus
[flower structure] The pappus is the modified calyx, the part of an individual disk, ray or ligule floret surrounding the base of the corolla, in flower heads of the plant family Asteraceae. The pappus may be composed of bristles (sometimes feathery), awns, scales, or may be absent. In some ...
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Pappus
Pappus (păp'us) , fl. c.300, Greek mathematician of Alexandria. He recorded and enlarged on the results of his predecessors, including Euclid and Apollonius of Perga, in his Mathematical Collection (8 books; date conjectural). The six and a half extant books, edited and translated into Lat...
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Pappus
In botany the pappus is the hairy crown which surmounts the fruit in most composite plants. It is really the metamorphosed calyx, and it serves the purpose of transporting the fruits through the air.
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pappus
Type: Term Pronunciation: pap′ŭs Definitions: 1. The first downy growth of beard.
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Pappus
collectively, the bristles, hairs or scales at the apex of an achene in the asteraceae
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pappus
in daisy florets, a tuft or ring of hairs or scales borne above the ovary and outside the corolla (representing the missing calyx); a tuft of hairs on a fruit.
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pappus
1) Calyx
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