| Nodose 1. (a.) Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes. 2. (a.) Having nodes or prominences; having the alternate joints enlarged, as the antennae of certain insects. Thesaurus Entries arthritic, bent, bumpy, burled, contorted, crooked, distorted, gnarly, knobbed, knobbly, knobby, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurled, knurly, lumpy, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodose, nodular, nodulated, noduled, nubbled, nubbly, nubby, studded, torose, tubercular, tuberculous, tuberose, tuberous, twisted, warped |