Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pappus

1 sense of pappus

Sense 1
pappus -- (calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions)
       => 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)