nodular - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Adjective
nodular (comparative more nodular, superlative most nodular)
- Of or relating to a nodule or nodules.
- Possessing, composed of, or similar in form to nodules.
- ✤ Loose nodular deposits of gold metal are commonly referred to as nuggets.
- ✤ The disease causes nodular black growths that may become pustular.
- ✤ The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings […]; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […]1
Etymology
From nodule + -ar.
Pronunciation
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Footnotes
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1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6: ↩