PAPILLATE

papillate

(adjective) resembling or covered with papillae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

papillate (not comparable)

covered in papillae

Verb

papillate (third-person singular simple present papillates, present participle papillating, simple past and past participle papillated)

(transitive) To cover with papillae.

(intransitive) To take the form of a papilla, or of papillae.

Source: Wiktionary


Pap"il*late, v. t. & i.

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

Pap"il*late, a.

Definition: Same as Papillose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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