lobule

Definition

Diminutive of lobe:

Etymology

From lobe + -ule (diminutive suffix).

Example Sentences

• "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."