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Origin: L, shaggy hair, a tuft of hair.
1. <anatomy> 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. <botany> Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet.
(01 Mar 1998)
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