nodose

[ noh-dohs, noh-dohs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

nodose

/ nəʊˈdɒsɪtɪ; ˈnəʊdəs; nəʊˈdəʊs; ˈnəʊdəʊs /

Origin of nodose¹

1715–25; < Latin nōdōsus full of knots, knotty, equivalent to nōd ( us ) node + -ōsus -ose ¹

Origin of nodose¹

C18: from Latin nōdōsus knotty

It has the same nodose and scaly root-stock, dark and polished stalk, glaucescent frond and mucronulate pinnules.

Nodose -us: knotted or with knots; a body with one or more knotted parts a sculpture with almost isolated knots.

Shell elliptical, compressed, nodose, with deep sagittal stricture and irregular roundish pores.

Browse