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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

;

pl.

Villi

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[L., shaggy hair, a tuft of hair.]

(Anat.)

One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity;

as,

villi

cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface

pl.

(Bot.)

Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet.