— papillar /pap"euh leuhr, peuh pil"euhr/ , adj.
/peuh pil"euh/ , n. , pl. papillae /-pil"ee/ .
1. any small, nipplelike process or projection.
2. one of certain small protuberances concerned with the senses of touch, taste, and smell: the papillae of the tongue.
3. a small vascular process at the root of a hair.
4. a papule or pimple.
[ 1400-50; late ME papula pimple. See PAP 2 ]