lobe
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lobe/ləʊb/
▶noun
- 1 a hanging or projecting part, such as the soft part at the base of the outer ear.
- 2 a major division of an organ such as the brain, typically rounded in form.
– derivatives
lobed adjective,
lobeless adjective.
lobed adjective,
lobeless adjective.
– origin ME: via late L. from Gk lobos ‘lobe, pod’.
'lobe' also found in these Oxford entries:
anglerfish
- Broca's area
- ear lobe
- earring
- endite
- fibre
- flocculus
- frontal lobe
- homocercal
- labellum
- lappet
- lobar
- lobate
- lobectomy
- lobopodium
- lobotomy
- lobule
- occipital lobe
- optic lobe
- parietal lobe
- patagium
- plica
- prefrontal
- Sylvian fissure
- temporal lobe
- thresher
- trilobite
- wattle
