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papilla
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun papilla has 3 senses
- papilla(n = noun.plant) Array - (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf; Array is a kind of appendage, outgrowth, process
- papilla(n = noun.body) Array - a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; "the papillae of the tongue" is a part of receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor
- papilla(n = noun.body) Array - a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather; Array is a kind of appendage, outgrowth, process
is a kind of appendage, outgrowth, process
Derived form adjective papillary1
Derived form adjective papillary1
CIDE DICTIONARY
papilla, n. [L., a nipple, pimple.].
Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillæ of the tongue. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
papilla, n. (pl. papillae)
1 a small nipple-like protuberance in a part or organ of the body.
2 Bot. a small fleshy projection on a plant.
1 a small nipple-like protuberance in a part or organ of the body.
2 Bot. a small fleshy projection on a plant.
Derivative
papillary adj. papillate adj. papillose adj.
Etymology
L, = nipple, dimin. of papula: see PAPULA
THESAURUS
papilla
bag, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, chest, crop, dug, knockers, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, nenes, nipple, pap, pigeon breast, teat, thorax, tit, tits, titties, titty, udderROGET THESAURUS
papilla
Convexity
N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).
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