Papillulate

Definitions

  • Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
    • a Papillulate (Zoöl) Having a minute papilla in the center of a larger elevation or depression.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
    • papillulate Beset with papillulæ; finely papillose or papular: specifically applied in entomology to a surface having scattered rounded elevations or depressions, each with a small central elevation.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
    • Papillulate finely papillose
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Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
L., a small pustule, dim. of papula.

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