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papillate

papillate adjective: resembling papillae, or covered in papillae.

Adjective

papillate (not comparable)

  1. Resembling papillae, or covered in papillae.

Verb

papillate (third-person singular simple present papillates, present participle papillating, simple past and past participle papillated)

  1. (transitive) To cover with papillae.
  2. (intransitive) To take the form of a papilla, or of papillae.

Forms of papillate

third-person singular presentpapillates
present participlepapillating
past participlepapillated
pastpapillated

Origin of papillate

From papilla + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From papilla + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from papillate

Questions about papillate

What does papillate mean?
Papillate means resembling papillae, or covered in papillae.
What part of speech is papillate?
Papillate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near papillate in the dictionary

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

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