noun
pappus
Meaning
- An old man
pappus, i, m., = πάππος.
I. An old man, Varr. L. L. 7, § 30 Müll.—
2. A grandfather, Aus. Idyll. 4, 18.—
II. 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.—III. A plant, also called erigeron:
quare eam Callimachus acanthida appellat, alii pappum, Plin. 25, 13, 106, § 168.