papillary

1. 1.

   of or relating to or resembling papilla

   Synonymspapillose

Questions about papillary

What does papillary mean?

papillary means "of or relating to or resembling papilla".

How many syllables are in papillary?

papillary has 4 syllables: pa-pil-la-ry. The stress falls on "pil".

What is another word for papillary?

Close synonyms include papillose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is papillary a common word?

papillary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.