nodose
Americanadjective
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having nodes.
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full of knots; knotty.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of nodose
1715–25; < Latin nōdōsus full of knots, knotty, equivalent to nōd ( us ) node + -ōsus -ose 1
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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
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
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
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