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Nodule   /nˈɑdʒul/   Listen
Nodule

noun
1.
A small node.
2.
Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant.  Synonym: tubercle.
3.
(mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment).






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"Nodule" Quotes from Famous Books



... tumour [Brit.], tumor; tubercle, tuberosity [Anat.]; excrescence; hump, hunch, bunch. boss, embossment, hub, hubble; [convex body parts] tooth [U.S.], knob, elbow, process, apophysis^, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity^, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf &c (sharpness) 253; bow; mamelon^; molar; belly, corporation^, pot belly, gut [Coll.]; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange. [convexities on skin] pimple, zit [Slang]; wen, wheel, papula ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Nodule" :   nodular, plant process, mineralogy, lump, geode, enation, hunk, node



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