Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
(botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf;
2.
a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell;
- Example: "the papillae of the tongue"3.
a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Papilla \Pa*pil"la\, n.; pl. Papill[ae]. [L., a nipple,
pimple.]
Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papill[ae] of the
tongue.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
papilla
n 1: (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
2: a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste,
touch, or smell; "the papillae of the tongue"
3: a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth
or feather
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "papilla":
bag, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, chest, crop,
dug, knockers, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland,
mammilla, mammillation, nenes, nipple, pap, pigeon breast, teat,
thorax, tit, tits, titties, titty, udder