papillose

[ pap-uh-lohs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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