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Pappus vs Awn - What's the difference?

pappus | awn |

As nouns the difference between pappus and awn

is that pappus is the markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed while awn is the bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

pappus

English

Noun

(wikipedia pappus) (en-noun)
  • (botany) The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed.

    • awn

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

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