pappus

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noun calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions

Via Latin pappus from Ancient Greek πάππος (páppos), an affectionate term for elderly men (referencing beards).

"Yes," replied a small boy with flaxen locks, "the Pappi is at home." — Through Finland in Carts, Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie
The great-grandfather of Augustus served as a military tribune in the second Punic war in Sicily, under the command of Aemilius Pappus. — The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete, Suetonius

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