pappose

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pappose - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pappose \Pap*pose"\, a. (Bot.)
     Furnished with a pappus; downy.
     [1913 Webster]

pappose - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pappose
      adj 1: (of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi
             or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles