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papilliferous

papilliferous adjective: furnished or covered with papillae.

Adjective

papilliferous (comparative more papilliferous, superlative most papilliferous)

  1. Furnished or covered with papillae.

Forms of papilliferous

comparativemore papilliferous
superlativemost papilliferous

Origin of papilliferous

From papilla + -i- + -ferous.

Words that rhyme with papilliferous

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Questions about papilliferous

What does papilliferous mean?
Papilliferous means furnished or covered with papillae.
What part of speech is papilliferous?
Papilliferous is an adjective.

Words near papilliferous in the dictionary

  1. papillectomies
  2. papillectomized
  3. papillectomy
  4. papilledema
  5. papilledemas
  6. papilliferous
  7. papilliform
  8. papilliforms
  9. Papillion
  10. papillionaceous
  11. papillionoid

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