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pappose, a. Bot.|pæˈpəʊs|
[ad. mod. Bot. L. pappōsus (in 17th c. botanists): see pappus and -ose.]
Furnished with a pappus; of the nature of a pappus, downy.
1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 99 That pappose Plumage growing upon the Tops of some of them [Seeds]. 1703J. Petiver in Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1422 Above a dozen pappose spikes. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 575 Calyx..superior, with a membranous or pappose limb. |