papillose

American  

[pap-uh-lohs] / ˈpæp əˌloʊs /

adjective

1. full of papillae.

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Other Word Forms

• papillosity noun

Etymology

Origin of papillose

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

Example Sentences

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

He has shown that in certain papillose and bristle-like contrivances, plants possess such sense-organs; and moreover that these contrivances show a remarkable similarity to corresponding sense-organs in animals.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

The hymenium is even, coriaceous, or waxy, costate, or papillose.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

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 blossom is normal as to the proper perianth, except that the labellum is unusually papillose, bearded almost to the base.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.