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papillose

American  
[pap-uh-lohs] / ˈpæp əˌloʊs /

adjective

  1. full of papillae.


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Etymology

Origin of papillose

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

Example Sentences

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Their stigmas are much less papillose, and smaller in about the ratio of 13 to 20 divisions of the micrometer, as measured transversely from apex to apex, than the stigmas of the perfect flowers.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles

P. convexo-plane, squamulosely papillose, viscid, sometimes gibbous, honey-tan; g. entirely adnate, distant, yellowish olive; s. solid, pallid, somewhat attenuated; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Pistillate flowers, two to eight, produced on a terminal peduncle, calyx four-parted, petals none, styles two to four, short, papillose.

From The Pecan and its Culture by Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)

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

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

P. ovate then campan. at length exp. livid grey, disc rufescent, papillose, otherwise glabrous, 3-7 cm.; g. free; s. 7-10 cm. white, glabrous, hollow; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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