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PAPPOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pappose mean?
• PAPPOSE (adjective)
The adjective PAPPOSE has 1 sense:
1. (of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles
Familiarity information: PAPPOSE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles
Similar:
haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
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