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nodular

[ noj-uh-ler ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
  2. shaped like or occurring in nodules:

    a nodular concretion.



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Other Words From

  • multi·nodu·lar adjective
  • post·nodu·lar adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nodular1

First recorded in 1785–95; nodule + -ar 1

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Example Sentences

Also, nodular or kidney-shaped masses of what the quarrymen call plaster-eggs—apparently snowy gypsum.

Points were made from Ft. Payne chert, Bangor nodular flint, jasper or other local materials.

This indicates manufacture from nodular materials, mostly Bangor flint in the area of the type site.

Flints of Strepy type are nodular and partly trimmed into cutting edges, the smooth surface being left as a handle.

Seed vessel quadrangular, nodular, glabrous, containing many oval seeds.

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