tubercle

Plural: tubercles

Noun

• A small, rounded nodule or protuberance on a plant or animal.
• a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
• small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
• a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
• A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
• A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
• A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

Examples

• He placed TUBERCLE, a small word that served as a growth point for future plays on the board.
• the iliac tubercles

Synonyms

eminence, nodule, tuberosity