Noun: nodule nó-jool [N. Amer], nód-yool [Brit]
- A small node
"The doctor felt a small nodule during the thyroid examination"
- Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
"The legume roots had nitrogen-fixing nodules";
- tubercle
- (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
"They found manganese nodules on the ocean floor"
Derived forms: nodules
Type of: enation, hunk, lump, node, plant process
Encyclopedia: Nodule