papillateadj.
/ˈpapᵻleɪt/, /pəˈpɪlət/, U.S. /ˈpæpəˌleɪt/, /pəˈpɪlᵻt/ Biology.
Papillary; papilliform.
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nodous1646
tuberous1650
papillar1651
verrucous1656
capitate1661
clavate1661
papillary1667
warty1693
tuberculated1696
papillous1718
tubercular1719
clavated1728
tuberculous1732
mammillated1744
tubercled1746
papillose1752
torulous1752
tuberculose1752
tuberculate1777
tubercle-like1792
mastoid1800
tuberculiferous1802
ventricose1804
torulose1806
papillated?a1808
tuberculiform1817
bullated1822
nodulous1822
tuberiform1822
nodulated1824
papilliform1824
mammular1826
papilliferous1826
nodulose1828
knuckled1842
mamelonated1843
tuberculoid1853
papillate1857
mammilloid1859
tuberculosquamous1866
bosselated1873
papulate1876
bulbar1878
tubero-cystic1879
mammulose1889
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Papillatus,..papillate.
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 629 Two short, obtuse cornua, which are thickly papillate.
1920 Bot. Gaz. 70 299 The first division of the papillary initial was either a vertical one, as in the ordinary process of stoma formation, or else the cell became papillate and divided by an oblique wall.
1960 Bot. Gaz. 132/1 The ovule initials arise as papillate outgrowths from the marginal placenta and very soon start bending toward the style.
1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) xix. 95/1 The body is rounded and smooth or papillate, very well muscularized, and contains a spacious coelom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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