pappose

• Adjetivo que significa 'cubierto de pelos suaves y finos o vilanos', usado principalmente en contextos botánicos para describir estructuras vegetales como el papus de las semillas.

An obsolete adjective meaning 'covered with soft, fine hairs or down', typically used in botanical contexts to describe plant structures.

1. Having a pappusC2formalscientific

   Describing a plant, such as a dandelion or thistle, that bears a pappus—a tuft of fine, feathery hairs or bristles that aids in seed dispersal by wind.

   Provisto de vilano

   • The dandelion seed head is a classic example of a pappose structure.
   • Many members of the Asteraceae family are pappose.
   • The pappose seeds floated gracefully on the breeze.