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nodule

DEFINITIONS OF: nodule

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n a small node

Type of:
node
any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part

n small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

Synonyms:
tubercle
Type of:
enation, plant process
a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ

n (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)

Types:
geode
(mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
Type of:
hunk, lump
a large piece of something without definite shape
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