English Dictionary

lobule

/ˈlɒb.juːl/

noun

(anatomy) A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe. / (botany) In liverworts with bilobed leaves, the smaller of the two lobes, sometimes modified to form a sac.

The lobule is a small lobe in the anatomy of the ear.

意味（1）

(anatomy) A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.

意味（2）

(botany) 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.