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noun greek

pappus

gen. pappi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
An old man
An old man, Varr. L. L. 7, § 30 Müll.—
A grandfather
A grandfather, Aus. Idyll. 4, 18.—
The woolly; hairy seed of certain plants •
The woolly, hairy seed of certain plants, Lucr. 3, 386 Lachm.; also ap. Fest. p. 220 Müll.: semen ei lanuginis, quam pappon vocant, Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97.—
A plant; also called •
A plant, also called erigeron: quare eam Callimachus acanthida appellat, alii pappum, Plin. 25, 13, 106, § 168.
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