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nodulous

[ noj-uh-luhs ]

adjective

  1. having nodules.


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Other Words From

  • sub·nodu·lose adjective
  • sub·nodu·lous adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nodulous1

First recorded in 1835–45; nodule + -ous

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Example Sentences

The match flamed, but went out before he could light the nodulous candle she proffered.

Between these nodulous carin are elevated lines, and the base is very strongly striated.

Shell with nodulous plaits; the spire finely striated; inner lip thickened and reflected, and obtusely pointed above.

Its seventeen or eighteen ribs are very heavy, and are rendered nodulous by the numerous bluntly raised scales upon them.

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