PappusWordNet Explorer
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noun
(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
noun
pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle