Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being mammillated, in any sense.
- noun In botany, the state or condition of being covered with mammillary protuberances.
- noun In pathology, a mammilliform protuberance.
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Examples
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I believe no rocks escape scoring, polishing and mammillation in the Alps, though some lose it easily when exposed.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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