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noun
Diminutive of lobe:
A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Diminutive of lobe:
In liverworts with bilobed leaves, the smaller of the two lobes, sometimes modified to form a sac.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Diminutive of lobe:
A tongue-like structure opposite the scutellum in grasses; the epiblast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lobe
History
Etymology tree English lobe Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dhlom Latin -ulader. Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulusder. ▲ Latin -ulader. ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-tlomder. Latin -ulumder. French -uleder. English -ule English lobule From lobe + -ule (diminutive suffix).
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
