Pappose
/ˈpæp.oʊs/noun
Bearing or covered with soft, feathery hairs, especially like a pappus.
Did you know?Pappose is built on the Latin pappus, from Greek pappos, the fluffy tuft on seeds in plants like dandelions, and that same root gave science the word pappus for a plant’s little wind-sailing crown.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
pappos
“an old man; grandfather”
Latin
Latin
pappus
“the fluffy tuft or down on certain seeds”
Late Latin / New Latin
Latin
papposus
“covered with down; hairy”
18th–19th Century
English
pappose
“having a soft, downy covering; pappus-bearing”
Modern English
English
pappose
“covered with fine hairs or down, especially in botany”
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