Synonyms for papilla
pəˈpɪl ə; -ˈpɪl ipapil·la

Princeton's WordNet

1. papillanoun

   (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf

2. papillanoun

   a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell

   "the papillae of the tongue"

3. papillanoun

   a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather

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   papillae

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1. Sekyu Choi:

   We first asked whether the stress hormone was regulating the stem cells directly and checked by taking out the receptor for corticosterone, but this turned out to be wrong. Instead, we found that the stress hormone actually acts on a cluster of dermal cells underneath the hair follicle, known as the dermal papilla, dermal papilla is known to be critical for activating hair follicle stem cells, but none of the previously identified factors secreted from dermal papilla changed when stress hormone levels were altered. Rather, the stress hormone prevented dermal papilla cells from secreting Gas6, a molecule that the researchers showed can activate the hair follicle stem cells.