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Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillæ of the tongue.

Same as Papillose.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillæ; bearing, or covered with, papillæ; papillose.

To cover with papillæ; to take the form of a papilla, or of papillæ.

Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform.

A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papillæ of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart. Quain.

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 glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin.

The glory pea. See under Glory.

A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.

Resembling a little stake.

One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.

A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault. Sir W. Scott.

Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.

Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses.

Penicillate.