Papilla

What do we mean by papilla?

A small nipplelike projection, such as a protuberance on the skin, at the root of a hair or feather, or at the base of a developing tooth. noun

One of the small, round or cone-shaped protuberances on the top of the tongue that contain taste buds. noun

A pimple or pustule. noun

A minute projection on the surface of a stigma, petal, or leaf. noun

A pap, teat, or nipple of a mammary gland; a mammilla. noun

Hence Something like a papilla; a papilliform part or process. noun

Any minute nipplelike projection. noun

A nipple-like anatomical structure. noun

(botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf noun

A small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather noun

A small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell noun

A nipple-like anatomical structure.

Words that are spelled similarly to papilla:
papilla, padilla, capilla, papillo, parilla, pupilla, papille, pasilla, papill, paxilla.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word papilla:
canthus, gingiva, duodenal, dentin, duodenum, basilar, follicle, stellate, papillae, enamel, lingual, sphincter, anus, calyx, duct, epithelium, maxillary, pancreas, nipple, dermal, copulation, epidermal, pancreatic, pectoral, genital, penis, sheath, gills, fleshy, fins, tooth, accessory, vagina, atrium, dental, germ, translucent, jaw, dorsal, anatomical, pulp, renal, projection, auditory, sac, conical, snout, urine, anal, fold, posterior, snail, tongue, teeth, tissue, mantle, ridges, fin, pairs, bud, margins, tip, cap, edges, cells, organ, valve, mammals, absent, hair, inner, eggs, empty, margin, external, root, skin, fish, spots, layer, upper, male, front, minor, structure, genus, distinct, frequency, shape, cell, opening, surface, grow, situated, species, present, attached, adjacent, blood, small.

Words that rhyme with papilla:
couple a.

Adjectives that are often used to describe papilla:
dental, dermal, interdental, renal, duodenal, optic, small, incisive, basilar, major, genital, circumvallate, minor, anal, fungiform, single, gingival, conical, amphibian, apical, urogenital, hypertrophied, prominent, parotid, penis, vascular, filiform, sloughed, hair, interproximal, minute, normal, accessory, enlarged, lacrimal, foliate, median, oral, urinary, sensory, lingual, sublingual, necrotic, incisal, dorsal, shaped, secondary, retromolar, urinogenital, dentinal, numerous, lateral, adjacent, hypertrophic, terminal, like, distinct, nervous, anterior, rat, tactile, epithelial, penial, primitive, cervical, elongated, swollen, lesser, unpaired, inflamed, vallate, rounded, intact, palatal, connective, retrocuspid, labial, preanal.

Consonant match to papilla:
papillae, purpler, papally, papillar, purply, pipilo, papale, peopler, people he, people her, purple he.

Words that sound like papilla:
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