nodose

American  

[noh-dohs, noh-dohs] / ˈnoʊ doʊs, noʊˈdoʊs /

Also nodous

adjective

1. having nodes.

2. full of knots; knotty.

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nodose British  

/ nəʊˈdɒsɪtɪ, ˈnəʊdəs, nəʊˈdəʊs, ˈnəʊdəʊs /

adjective

1. having nodes or knotlike swellings

   nodose stems

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Other Word Forms

• multinodous adjective
• nodosity noun

Etymology

Origin of nodose

1715–25; < Latin nōdōsus full of knots, knotty, equivalent to nōd ( us ) node + -ōsus -ose ¹

Example Sentences

The researchers focused on the genetics behind a sensory cluster known as the nodose ganglia, which are part of the vagus nerves that carry signals between the brain and visceral organs, including the heart.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

Stem hollow, 2–6° high; leaves reduced to cylindrical hollow pointed nodose petioles; oil-tubes filling the intervals.—Ponds and swamps, Del. to Fla., and west to La. Aug., Sept.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Each spine is nearly cylindrical, irregularly curled, and nodose or slightly enlarged at intervals: the apex smooth and pointed; the exterior surface longitudinally and finely ribbed, like the valves.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles