epappose (epapos)

[L. e-priv. + NL. pappus, pappus.] In bot., having no pappus. eparch (ep'ärk), n. [ mander, prefect, The prefects and the eparchs will resort To the Bucoleon with what speed they may. Sir H. Taylor , İsaac Comnenus, ii. 3. 2. In the Ru ian Ch., a bishop as governing an eparchy; especially, a metropolitan. See eparchy, 2. eparchy (ep'är-ki), n.; pl. eparchies (-kiz). [ Epaulets, 15th and 16th centuries. (From Viollet-le-Duc's" Dict. du Mobilier français.") sixteenth century.-3. In dre making, an ornament for the shoulder, its form changing with the different fashions.-4. In entom., the tegula or plate covering the base of the anterior wing in hymenopterous insects. [Rare.] epaule ted, epauletted (ep'a-let-ed), a. [ The secretary did not entertain the highest opinion of his epauletted subordinates. N. A. Rev. , CXLII. 546.