bloom vs papilla

bloom

noun
  • A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. 

  • A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms. 

  • A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. 

  • Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek. 

  • Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness. 

  • The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open. 

  • A bright-hued variety of some minerals. 

  • The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. 

  • Flowers. 

  • A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled. 

  • An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen. 

  • The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held. 

  • The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process. 

  • The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture. 

verb
  • To cause to blossom; to make flourish. 

  • To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil. 

  • To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. 

  • Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness. 

  • Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms. 

papilla

noun
  • A small fleshy projection on a plant. 

  • Any of the small protuberances on the upper surface of the tongue often containing taste buds. 

  • A vascular process of connective tissue extending into and nourishing the root of a hair, feather, or developing tooth. 

  • Any of the vascular protuberances of the dermal layer of the skin extending into the epidermal layer and often containing tactile corpuscles. 

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