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pap•pus



Pronunciation: (pap'us), [key]
n.,
pl. pap•piPronunciation: (pap'ī). [key]
Bot.
a downy, bristly, or other tuftlike appendage of the achene of certain plants, as the dandelion and the thistle.

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