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PAPPUS

\pˈapəs], \pˈapəs], \p_ˈa_p_ə_s]\

Definitions of PAPPUS

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A downy tuft or appendage crowning the fruit in certain seed plants.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Fuzzy growth on face; primitive beard.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A circle or tuft of bristles, hairs, or feathery processes in place of the limb of a calyx.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

n. The hairy, feathery or membranous calyx of the individual florets in plants of the order Compositae, as the dandelion, &c.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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