papillose

[ pap-uh-lohs ]

adjective

1. full of papillae.

Other Words From

• pap·il·los·i·ty [pap-, uh, -, los, -i-tee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of papillose¹

First recorded in 1745–55; papill(a) + -ose ¹

Example Sentences

The fruit consists of radiating, somewhat woody fibres, terminating in a tuberculated and slightly papillose surface.

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Style elongated awl-shaped, stigmatic and papillose down one side.

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Thallus orbicular, tender, laciniate and undulate or crisped, papillose-reticulate.

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Papillose -us: pimply; a surface covered with raised dots or pimples.

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The pileus is papillose, the papill elongated, and forming distinct tubes as the pileus expands.

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