Papilla

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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.
  • n. One of the small, round or cone-shaped protuberances on the top of the tongue that contain taste buds.
  • n. A pimple or pustule.
  • n. Botany A minute projection on the surface of a stigma, petal, or leaf.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A nipple-like anatomical structure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any minute nipplelike projection.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A pap, teat, or nipple of a mammary gland; a mammilla.
  • n. Hence Something like a papilla; a papilliform part or process.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
  • n. a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather
  • n. a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    process    appendage    outgrowth   
    Variant
    papillae   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    papule    papillule   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    frustum    infact    stoole    vomitus    liverwort