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pappiform

pappiform adjective: resembling the pappus of composite plants.

Adjective

pappiform (comparative more pappiform, superlative most pappiform)

  1. Resembling the pappus of composite plants.
    • a pappiform calyx

Forms of pappiform

comparativemore pappiform
superlativemost pappiform

Questions about pappiform

What does pappiform mean?
Pappiform means resembling the pappus of composite plants.
What part of speech is pappiform?
Pappiform is an adjective.

Words near pappiform in the dictionary

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

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