Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nodule

3 senses of nodule

Sense 1
nodule -- (a small node)
       => node -- (any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part)

Sense 2
nodule, tubercle -- (small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant)
       => plant process, enation -- (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

Sense 3
nodule -- ((mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment))
       => hunk, lump -- (a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal")