VILLUS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface.

2.
n.

Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet.


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