lobule en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈlɑb.jul/ (General-American)
- /ˈlɒb.juːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
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 *-tlom Proto-Italic *-klom? ▲ Proto-Italic *-elos? Latin -ulumder. French -uleder. English -ule English lobule From lobe + -ule (diminutive suffix).
Meanings
- Diminutive of lobe: ▸ A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.
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Diminutive of lobe: ▸ In liverworts with bilobed leaves, the smaller of the two lobes, sometimes modified to form a sac.
The Jubulaceae have a leaf whose lobule, usually transformed into a water-sac, is normally very narrowly attached to the stem and to the dorsal lobe; indeed some Frullania taxa reproduce vegetatively by dropping the dorsal lobes, but not the lobules, and Neohattoria has caducous lobules but persistent lobes.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
- Diminutive of lobe: ▸ A tongue-like structure opposite the scutellum in grasses; the epiblast.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lobulus | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lobula | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lobules | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lobular · lobuloalveolar · lobulette · lobulation · microlobule · lobulocentric · lobulogenesis · pseudolobule
Translations (7)
it lobulo (small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe) · es lóbulo (small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe) · es lobulillo (small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe) · kmr pilok (small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe) · cs lalůček (small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe) · pl płacik (small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe) · hu lebenyke (small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe)