papillate

Variant of papilla

noun pl. papillae

    1. any small nipplelike projection or process of connective tissue, as the small elevations at the root of a developing tooth, hair, feather, etc. or the many and variously shaped elevations on the surface of the tongue
    2. Rare the nipple of the breast
  1. Bot. a tiny, protruding cell

Origin: L, dim. of papula, pimple: see papule

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