mamillated
/ˈmamɪleɪtɪd
/(also mammillated)
adjective technical
1Covered with rounded protuberances.There are three scales of excrement, mammillated areas and larger and smaller ellipsoids....
- The egg has a thick, mammillated outer shell that contributes to the parasite's resistance.
- The tubercles are mammillated and the surrounding areas apparently are granulated.
1.1(Of a mineral) mamillary.This would point to the mammillated appearance being caused by a certain amount of attrition on the rough, pointed, matrix gold.
Derivatives
mamillate
- The outer surface of two parts yield numerous mamillate protrusions, which are larger and sparser on the calyx than those on the stalk.
- Near the apex the free walls project in rounded or mammillate form but later collapse, leaving the firm lateral walls in position.
- The leaf blades are stiff, glaucous to gray with strongly mammillate margins.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from mamilla + the adjectival suffix -ated.