papillose

1. 1.

   of or relating to or resembling papilla

   Synonymspapillary

Questions about papillose

What does papillose mean?

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

How many syllables are in papillose?

papillose has 3 syllables and divides as pa-pil-lose under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for papillose?

Close synonyms include papillary. 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 papillose a common word?

papillose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.