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pappiferous

pappiferous adjective: bearing a pappus.

Adjective

pappiferous (not comparable)

  1. Bearing a pappus.

Origin of pappiferous

From pappus + -i- + -ferous.

Words that rhyme with pappiferous

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Questions about pappiferous

What does pappiferous mean?
Pappiferous means bearing a pappus.
What part of speech is pappiferous?
Pappiferous is an adjective.

Words near pappiferous in the dictionary

  1. Pappian
  2. pappie
  3. pappier
  4. pappies
  5. pappiest
  6. pappiferous
  7. pappiform
  8. pappily
  9. Pappinbarra
  10. pappiness
  11. papping

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