papillose

[pap-uh-lohs]

adjective

1. full of papillae.

Other Word Forms

• papillosity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of papillose¹

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.

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Style elongated awl-shaped, stigmatic and papillose down one side.

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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.

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In the Thelephorei, the lower surface of the cap presents neither gills, pores, nor spines, but instead the hymenium covers an uneven or slightly wrinkled surface, partially striate, sometimes obscurely papillose.

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

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