different between floret vs pappus

English

Etymology

From Old French florete, diminutive of flor (“flower”). Compare fleuret.

Noun

floret (plural florets)

1. A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.

Translations

Anagrams

• Lefort, forlet, lofter, torfel

Catalan

Etymology

From Italian fioretto.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /flo???t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /flu???t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /flo??et/

Noun

floret m (plural florets)

1. (fencing) foil

Further reading

• “floret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “floret” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “floret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “floret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

floret f (plural floretten, diminutive floretje n)

1. (fencing) foil

Latin

Verb

fl?ret

1. third-person singular present active indicative of fl?re?

Polish

Etymology

From German Florett, from French fleuret, from Italian fioretto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?.r?t/

Noun

floret m inan

1. (fencing) foil

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) florecista, florecistka
• (adjective) floretowy

Further reading

• floret in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• floret in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

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

Noun

pappus (plural pappuses or pappi)

1. (botany) The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed.

   Hyponym: thistledown

2. The first hair on the chin.

Translations

Derived terms

• pappiferous

See also

• anemochory (“wind dispersal”)

Further reading

• pappus (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia