NODULE
Dictionary entry overview: What does nodule mean?
• NODULE (noun)
The noun NODULE has 3 senses:
1. a small node
2. small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
3. (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
Familiarity information: NODULE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• NODULE (noun)
Meaning:
A small node
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("nodule" is a kind of...):
node (any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part)
Meaning:
Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
nodule; tubercle
Hypernyms ("nodule" is a kind of...):
enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)
Meaning:
(mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("nodule" is a kind of...):
hunk; lump (a large piece of something without definite shape)
Domain category:
mineralogy (the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nodule"):
geode ((mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals)
