Associations to the word «Pilis»

Wiktionary

PILI, noun. Plural of pilus
PILI, noun. A tropical tree, Canarium ovatum, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia, and cultivated in the Philippines for its nuts.
PILI, noun. The edible nut of the tree.
PILI MULTIGEMINI, noun. A malformation characterized by the presence of bifurcated or multiple divided hair matrices and papillae, giving rise to the formation of multiple hair shafts within the individual follicles.
PILI NUT, noun. The edible seed of Canarium ovatum, a tree native to the maritime tropics from the edge of Southeast Asia to the edge of Australia.

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