pa·pil·la (p -p l )n. pl. pa·pil·lae (-p l ) 1. A small nipplelike projection, such as a protuberance on the skin, at the root of a hair or feather, or at the base of a developing tooth. 2. One of the small, round or cone-shaped protuberances on the top of the tongue that contain taste buds. 3. A pimple or pustule. 4. Botany A minute projection on the surface of a stigma, petal, or leaf. [Latin, nipple, diminutive of papula, swelling, pimple.] pap il·lar y (p p-l r, p-pl-r) adj.pap il·late (pp-l t, p-plt) adj.pap·il·lose (p p-l s, p-pls) adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. | papillate - resembling or covered with papillae |
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