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Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, papillomata.

Covered with, or bearing, papillæ; resembling papillæ; papillate; papillar; papillary.

a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl; a curl paper.

Papillary; papillose.

Having a minute papilla in the center of a larger elevation or depression.

A West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to the chacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.

Popery; -- an offensive term. Milton.

A Roman catholic; one who adheres to the Church of Rome and the authority of the pope; -- an offensive designation applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents.

s doctrines and ceremonies; pertaining to popery; popish; -- used disparagingly. "The old papistic worship." T. Warton. -- Pa*pis"tic*al*ly, adv.

The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery. [R.] Whitgift.

Conformed to popery. [Obs.] "Papized writers." Fuller.

A babe or young child of Indian parentage in North America.

Resembling the pappus of composite plants.

Same as Papoose. Pappoose root. (Bot.) See Cohosh.

Furnished with a pappus; downy.

Pappose.

The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositæ; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.

Like pap; soft; succulent; tender. Ray.

The dried ripened fruit of Capsicum annuum or various other species of pepper; also, the mildly pungent condiment prepared from it.

Of or pertaining to Papua.