papillose
[ pap-uh-lohs ]
adjective
full of papillae.
Origin of papillose
1Other words from papillose
- pap·il·los·i·ty [pap-uh-los-i-tee], /ˌpæp əˈlɒs ɪ ti/, noun
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How to use papillose in a sentence
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.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. SmithThe pileus is papillose, the papill elongated, and forming distinct tubes as the pileus expands.
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