papillate (papilat)

[ liferous; papillary; in be papillary; in bot., covered with papil læ, or ending in a papilla. Also papillated. papillate (pap'i-lat), v.; pret. and pp. pp. papil lated, ppr. papilla ting. [ II. trans. To cover with papillæ; place pa pillæ on. Something covered by numerous small prominences, as the papillated surface of an ordinary counterpane. H. Spencer. papillate-scabrous (pap'i-lat-skā brus), a. In bot., scabrous or rough from the presence of papillæ.