- a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- the seed of this tree.
- plural of pilus.
- a combining form meaning “hair,” used in the formation of compound words: piliform.
- a burseraceous Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, with edible seeds resembling almonds
- the seed of this tree
- short curled hairlike processes on the surface of certain bacteria that are involved in conjugation and the attachment of the bacteria to other cells
