Pappus

[pæpәs]

解释:

(noun.) calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions.

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解释:

(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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解释:

n. (bot.) the fine hair or down which grows on the seeds of some plants: the first hair on the chin.—adjs. Pappif′erous bearing a pappus; Pappōse′ Papp′ous provided or covered with down.

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