VILLUS
- one of the minute, wormlike processes on certain membranes, esp. on the mucous membrane of the small intestine, where they serve in absorbing nutriment
- one of the long, soft, straight hairs covering the fruit, flowers, and other parts of certain plants
- one of the hairlike projections found on certain membranes [n VILLI] : VILLOSE [adj], VILLOUS [adj]
- a long soft hair [n VILLI]