[a. F. tubercule (Paré, 16th c.), ad. L. tūbercul-um TUBERCLE.] = TUBERCLE, in various senses.

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1678.  Phillips (ed. 4), Tuberculs, in Chiromancy are those … protuberant parts under the Fingers,… otherwise called Montes.

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1727–41.  Chambers, Cycl., Tubercules, Tubercles, little tumors which suppurate and discharge pus; often found in the lungs.

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1760.  J. Lee, Introd. Bot., III. v. (1765), 183. Scabrous, rugged; when the Disk is covered with Tubercules.

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1835.  Lindley, Introd. Bot., I. ii. (ed. 2), 87. The roots of many plants are often fleshy, and composed of lobes, which appear to serve as reservoirs of nutriment. In Orchis the tubercules are often palmated.

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1842.  H. Miller, O. R. Sandst., viii. (ed. 2), 170. The inner sides of the pincers are armed with … tubercules.

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1901.  Scotsman, 2 March, 10/1. Death … of tubercule of the lungs.

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  Hence Tuberculed a., tubercled, tuberculate.

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1858.  Geikie, Hist. Boulder, vii. 117. Ornamented by long rows of tuberculed lines.

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