pappi in English
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( fl. circa ad 300–350 ) , Greek mathematician; known as Pappus of Alexandria . His Collection of six books (another two are missing) is the principal source of knowledge of the mathematics of his predecessors.
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the tuft of hairs on each seed of thistles, dandelions, and similar plants that assists dispersal by the wind.
The achenes are terete, narrowed at the base, 5 x 0 • 7 mm, ribbed and black, with a basal tuft of hairs and a pappus consisting of five ovate, petal-like scales.
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1. Ray cypselae slightly obcompressed (adaxial sides flatter than Abaxials), clavate (abaxially gibbous, often ± arcuate, basal attachments oblique, apices ± beaked, beaks offset adaxially, ascending, faces glabrous); pappi 0.