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(botany) The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed..
Use pappus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pappus means (botany) The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed..
Common synonyms include corona seminis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use pappus where its definition matches the intended context.
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