ALL meanings of papilla
pa·pil·la
P p - noun papilla taste bud 1
- noun plural papilla any small, nipplelike process or projection. 1
- noun plural papilla one of certain small protuberances concerned with the senses of touch, taste, and smell: the papillae of the tongue. 1
- noun plural papilla a small vascular process at the root of a hair. 1
- noun plural papilla a papule or pimple. 1
- noun papilla the small projection of tissue at the base of a hair, tooth, or feather 0
- noun papilla any other similar protuberance 0
- noun papilla any minute blunt hair or process occurring in plants 0
- noun papilla any small nipplelike projection or process of connective tissue, as the small elevations at the root of a developing tooth, hair, feather, etc. or the many and variously shaped elevations on the surface of the tongue 0
- noun papilla the nipple of the breast 0
- noun papilla a tiny, protruding cell 0