fruit pappus bristle (Q1542)
(1.) A slender, more or less straight and stiff, fine-pointed, terminal or subterminal appendage or prolongation, sometimes a continuation of the bearing structure's central primary vein, as on a glume, lemma, or palea in Poaceae (Gramineae). (2.) A trichome that is elongate, more or less straight, terete, fine-pointed, and stiff.
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fruit pappus bristle
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(1.) A slender, more or less straight and stiff, fine-pointed, terminal or subterminal appendage or prolongation, sometimes a continuation of the bearing structure's central primary vein, as on a glume, lemma, or palea in Poaceae (Gramineae). (2.) A trichome that is elongate, more or less straight, terete, fine-pointed, and stiff.
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