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

Also studied was one organism that is both widespread and almost unnoticed: papillose bog-moss.

From BBC

Stems coarse; flowers fleshy and more or less papillose; calyx-lobes triangular, acute; those of the broadly campanulate corolla ovate-lanceolate, minutely crenulate, spreading; scales large, deeply fringed; capsule enveloped by remains of corolla.

From Project Gutenberg

P. conical, exp. yellow or yellowish ochre, edge invol. slightly striate, disc papillose, viscid, usually with broad scattered scales; g. white, crowded; s. rather narrowed upwards, base bulbous, ring thin, white, volva membranous.

From Project Gutenberg

Hymenophore fleshy, hymenium inferior, that is, on the under surface of the cap, at first papillose; the papill� at length elongated, and forming distinct tubes.

From Project Gutenberg

The spores, brown in mass, are, by transmitted light, pale violet, slightly papillose, 8–10, mostly about 8 �.

From Project Gutenberg