1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet.
3. Noun
a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane
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