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Small rounded division of a leaf
Answer for the clue "Small rounded division of a leaf ", 6 letters:
lobule
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Word definitions for lobule in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lobule \Lob"ule\, n. [Cf. F. lobule, dim. of lobe. See Lobe .] A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe. Lobule of the ear . (Anat.) Same as Lobe of the ear .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe. 2 (context botany English) In liverworts with bilobed leaves, the smaller of the two lobes, sometimes modified to form a sac.
Usage examples of lobule.
These glands consist of numerous follicles, grouped around an excretory duct, which unites with similar ducts coming from other lobules.
The present example, like the late Bill, was an undergrown creature, and had the same curiously-twisted nose, the same asymmetrical face and similar ears--large, flat ears that stood out from his head like the handles of an amphora, that had strongly marked Darwinian tubercles, unformed helices and undeveloped lobules.
These glands consist of numerous follicles, grouped around an excretory duct, which unites with similar ducts coming from other lobules.
Gland lobules and fat tissue, within her right breast, had been damaged.