| NOUN | plant | pappus | calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions |
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| Meaning | calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions. | |
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| Narrower | thistledown | pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle |
| Broader | 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 |
| Spanish | papo, vilano | |
| Catalan | papus, vil·là | |
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