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villous

/vil-uhs/US // ˈvɪl əs //UK // (ˈvɪləs) //

村庄,乡村,村民,乡下人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : covered with or of the nature of villi.
    • : having villiform processes.
    • : Botany. pubescent with long and soft hairs that are not interwoven.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Villous: Beset with short, undivided, hair-like extensions (Fig. 150, d).

  • Before leaving the inner aspect of the pedal wing it supplies a deep branch to the heel and the villous tissue.

  • Achenes top-shaped, 5-costate, villous; pappus of 5–10 long thin scales, awn-tipped by the excurrent nerve.

  • Leaves linear, frequently involute, and the ligule or throat of the sheath bearded with long villous hairs.

  • The papillary cancers of the skin and the villous cancers of mucous membranes are thus distinguished.