papilla

noun

A small nipplelike projection, such as a protuberance on the skin, at the root of a hair or feather, or at the base of a developing tooth.

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One of the small, round or cone-shaped protuberances on the top of the tongue that contain taste buds.

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A pimple or pustule.

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A minute projection on the surface of a stigma, petal, or leaf.

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A pap, teat, or nipple of a mammary gland; a mammilla.

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Hence Something like a papilla; a papilliform part or process.

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Any minute nipplelike projection.

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A nipple-like anatomical structure.

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(botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf

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a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather