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

The stigma in the long-styled form is conspicuously more globose and much more papillose than in the short-styled, in which latter it is depressed on the summit; it is equally broad in the two forms.

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

The variety papulatum is subrotund, sessile, papillose and pulverulent, the warts being nearly uniform in size.

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

Cells wholly immersed, or about half free, numerous; surface minutely papillose, summits of papillae of a dark brown or black colour.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John

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.

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

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