pappus
i, m.
I.
An old man, Varr. L. L. 7, § 30 Müll.—
2.
A grandfather, Aus. Idyll. 4, 18.—
II.
The woolly, hairy seed of certain plants, Lucr. 3, 386 Lachm.; also ap. Fest. p. 220 Müll.: semen ei lanuginis, quam pappon vocant, Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97.—
III.
A plant, also called erigeron: quare eam Callimachus acanthida appellat, alii pappum, Plin. 25, 13, 106, § 168.