Papilla

[pə'pɪlə]

解釋/意思:

(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; 'the papillae of the tongue'.

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

錄入:凯文--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue.

編輯:韦德

解釋/意思:

n. one of the minute elevations on the skin esp. on the upper surface of the tongue and on the tips of the fingers and in which the nerves terminate: (bot.) a nipple-like protuberance:—pl. Papill′?/span>.—adjs. Pap′illar Pap′illary like a papilla provided with papill? Pap′illāte formed into a papilla studded with papill?—v.i. and v.t. to become a papilla to cover with such.—adjs. Papillif′erous papillate: bearing one or more fleshy excrescences; Papill′iform like a papilla in form.—ns. Papillī′tis inflammation of the optic papilla; Papillō′ma a tumour formed by the hypertrophy of one papilla or of several including warts corns &c.—adjs. Papillom′atous; Pap′illōse full of papill? warty—also Pap′illous; Papill′ūlate finely papillose.—n. Pap′illūle a very small papilla a verruca or a variole.

手打:朱迪