Webster's Dictionary 1913

784

Pappiform

Pap″pi‐form (?), a.(Bot.) Resembling the pappus of composite plants.

785

Pappoose

Pap‐poose″ (?), n. Same as Papoose.Pappoose root. (Bot.) See Cohosh.

786

Pappose

Pap‐pose″ (?), a.(Bot.) Furnished with a pappus; downy.

787

Pappous

Pap″pous (?), a.(Bot.) Pappose.

788

Pappus

Pap″pus (?), n.(Bot.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositæ; also, the scales, awns, or bristles w...

789

Pappy

Pap″py (?), a. [From Pap soft food.] Like pap; soft; succulent; tender. Ray.

790

Paprika

{ Pa″pri‐ka (?), n. Also Pa″pri‐ca }. [Hung. paprika Turkish pepper; prob. through G.] The dried ripened fruit of Capsicum annuum or various other species of pepper; also, the m...

791

Papuan

Pap″u‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Papua.

792

Papuars

Pap″u‐ars (?), n. pl.; sing. Papuan (�). (Ethnol.) The native black race of Papua or New Guinea, and the adjacent islands.

793

Papula

‖Pap″u‐la (?), n.; pl.Papulæ (#).1. (Med.) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue;...

794

Papular

Pap″u‐lar (?), a. 1. Covered with papules.2. (Med.) Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence of papules; as, a papular eruption.

795

Papule

Pap″ule (?), n.; pl.Papules (�). Same as Papula.

796

Papulose

Pap″u‐lose′ (?), a.(Biol.) Having papulæ; papillose; as, a papulose leaf.

797

Papulous

Pap″u‐lous (?), a. [Cf. F. papuleux.] Covered with, or characterized by, papulæ; papulose.

798

Papyraceous

Pap′y‐ra″ceous (?), a. [L. papyraceus made of papyrus.] Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.

799

Papyrean

Pa‐pyr″e‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper; papyraceous.

800

Papyrine

Pap″y‐rine (?), n. [Cf. F. papyrin made of paper. See Paper.] Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.

801

Papyrograph

Pa‐pyr″o‐graph (?), n. [Papyrus + -graph.] An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is u...

802

Papyrography

Pap′y‐rog″ra‐phy (?), n. The process of multiplying copies of writings, etc., by means of the papyrograph. — Pap′y‐ro‐graph″ic (#), a.

803

Papyrus

Pa‐py″rus (?), n.; pl.Papyri (#). [L., fr. Gr. πάπυροσ. See Paper.] 1. (Bot.) A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now fou...

804

Pâque

Pâque (?), n. [F. pâque.] See Pasch and Easter.

805

Par

Par (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Parr.

806

Par (2)

Par, prep. [F., fr. L. per. See Per.] By; with; — used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it gover...

807

Par (3)

Par (?), n. [L. par, adj., equal. See Peer an equal.]1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of va...

808

Par (4)

Par (?), n. 1. An amount which is taken as an average or mean.2. (Golf) The number of strokes required for a hole or a round played without mistake, two strokes being allowed on...

809

Para

‖Pa‐ra″ (?), n. [Turk., fr. Per. pārah a piece.] A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.

810

Pará

Pa‐rá″ (?), n. 1. The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport on this arm.2. Short for Pará rubber.