Pappus

Definition: Pappus

Pappus

Noun

1. Calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions.

Date "pappus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1642. (references)

Etymology: Pappus \Pap"pus\, noun. [Latin expression, an old man or grandfather; hence, substance resembling gray hairs, Greek]. (Websters 1913)

"Pappus" is a common misspelling or typo for: Papua.

Commercial Usage: Pappus

Domain	Title
Books	Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Pappus (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Pappus

"Pappus" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pappus" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Expression: Pappus

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pappus

Modern Translations: Pappus

Language		Translations for "pappus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏الفبوس زائدة تتوج الثمرة في بعض النباتات. (various references)

Bulgarian		власинка (hair). (various references)

French		aigrette. (various references)

Greek		χνούδι φυτών. (various references)

Hungarian		pehely (eiderdown, flake, flakes, floccule, flock, floss, flue, fluff, fuzz, nap, ooze, plume). (various references)

Italian		lanuggine (floccus, fluff). (various references)

Pig Latin		appuspay.(various references)

Portuguese		papiforme. (various references)

Russian		хохолок (cirrus, crest, topknot). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		semena krunica, maljavost (fuzziness, hairiness). (various references)

Spanish		vello (bloom, down, floccus, fluf, fluff, fuzz, fuzziness, hair). (various references)

Turkish		papus, tüylü çanak, ince tüy (flue, fuzz, pile). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Rhyming with "Pappus"

Words rhyming with "pappus" (pronounced 'Pap"pus'): Apus, Campus, Canopus, Carpus, Cippus, Corpus, Dipterocarpus, Encarpus, Eumolpus, Euripus, grampus, hippocampus, Labipalpus, lupus, mesohippus, metacarpus, Miohippus, mopus, Opus, Orohippus, Palpus, Pedipalpus, Pithecanthropus, Pliohippus, Porpus, Protohippus, rumpus, Scapus. (additional references)

Anagrams: Pappus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-p-p-p-s-u"
	-1 letter: pupas.
	-2 letters: paps, pupa, pups, upas.
	-3 letters: asp, pap, pas, pup, pus, sap, sau, spa, sup, ups.
	-4 letters: as, pa, up, us.
	Words containing the letters "a-p-p-p-s-u"
	+1 letter: pappous.
	+4 letters: upperparts.
	+5 letters: hippocampus.
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