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papillose

papillose adjective: bearing, covered with or resembling papillae.

Adjective

papillose (comparative more papillose, superlative most papillose)

  1. Bearing, covered with or resembling papillae.

Synonyms of papillose

Forms of papillose

comparativemore papillose
superlativemost papillose

Questions about papillose

What does papillose mean?
Papillose means bearing, covered with or resembling papillae.
What part of speech is papillose?
Papillose is an adjective.

Words near papillose in the dictionary

  1. Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome
  2. Papillon-Léage and Psaume syndrome
  3. papillons
  4. papillorenal
  5. papillorenal syndrome
  6. papillose
  7. papillosity
  8. papillote
  9. papillotes
  10. papillotome
  11. papillotomes

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