Category: P
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Papyraceous
Papery; with the thickness or consistency of paper. Of the texture of writing paper. Parchment-like; in obstetrics, denoting a fetus that is retained in the uterus beyond natural term and appears mummified.
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Papulose
With pimples or small pustules.
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Pappus
A series of bristles, hairs or scales round the base of the corolla and later around the apex of the fruit (as in Compositae/Asteraceae). Calyx modified into hairs. An appendage (a modified calyx) at the apex of a seed in the aster family, consisting of awns, bristles, or scales. Thistle-down. In Compositae this, with chaff,…
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Papillulose
With minute nipple-shaped projections.
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Papillose
Bearing many small soft nipple-like projections.
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Papillate
With papillae, with soft small protuberances. Pimple-like hairs or pimple-like protuberance. Having nipple-like growths on the surface, as a culture in bacteriology.
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Papillae
Soft small protuberances.
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Papilionaceous
Shaped like a pea-flower, with a large posterior petal, two lateral petals, and two often connate lower petals; (Belonging to the Papilionoideae/Faboideae) a subfamily of Leguminosae/Fabaceae. Butterfly like, as corolla of Fabaceae family.
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Papery
With the texture of paper, thin, flexible and only slightly stiff.
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Pantropical
(Of a taxon) occurring in all the tropical regions of the world. Found throughout the tropical regions. Distributed throughout the tropics. Occurring right around the world in the tropical zone, though many plants described as pantropical do spill over into some warmer parts of the temperate zones.