PAPPUS (pappi)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: pappi   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pappus mean? 

• PAPPUS (noun)
  The noun PAPPUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PAPPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pappus" is a kind of...):

calyx ((botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pappus"):

thistledown (pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle)