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papillary

papillary adjective: having the properties or appearance of a papilla (nipple).

Adjective

papillary (comparative more papillary, superlative most papillary)

  1. Having the properties or appearance of a papilla (nipple).
    Synonyms:
    papillar

papillary meaning in Hindi, Arabic and Persian

papillary in Hindi

papillary
अंकुरक aṅkurak

papillary in Arabic

having the properties of a papilla
حُلَيْمِيّ ḥulaymiyy

papillary in Persian

having the properties of a papilla
پاپیلر pâpiler

Synonyms of papillary

Forms of papillary

comparativemore papillary
superlativemost papillary

Origin of papillary

From papilla + -ary.

Words formed from papillary

Phrases with papillary

Words that rhyme with papillary

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Questions about papillary

What does papillary mean?
Papillary means having the properties or appearance of a papilla (nipple).
What is papillary in Hindi?
Papillary in Hindi is अंकुरक (aṅkurak). See Papillary meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is papillary?
Papillary is an adjective.

Words near papillary in the dictionary

  1. papilla
  2. papillae
  3. papillae corona glandis
  4. papillae coronae glandis
  5. papillar
  6. papillary
  7. papillary muscle
  8. papillary muscles
  9. papillate
  10. papillated
  11. papillates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: papillary (page history and authors); अंकुरक (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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