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Synonyms:
Connection, Junction, Articulation, Link, Union, Node, Bend, Pivot, Crossroad, Convergence, Meeting, Hub, Spot, Position, Location, Place, Site, Node, Bulge, Lump, Protuberance, Swelling, Vertex, Apex, Tip, Mark, Dot, Spot, Stage, Phase, Juncture
A joint on the stem or the position on the cannabis plant from which leaves, shoots, or flowers grow.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
node (noun)1.
a) a pathological swelling or enlargement (as of a rheumatic joint)
b) a discrete mass of one kind of tissue enclosed in tissue of a different kind
2.
an entangling complication (as in a drama) - predicament
3.
either of the two points where the orbit of a planet or comet intersects the ecliptic , also either of the points at which the orbit of an earth satellite crosses the plane of the equator
4.
a) a point, line, or surface of a vibrating body or system that is free or relatively free from vibratory motion
b) a point at which a wave has an amplitude of zero
5.
a) a point at which subsidiary parts originate or center
b) a point on a stem at which a leaf or leaves are inserted
c) a point at which a curve intersects itself in such a manner that the branches have different tangents
d) - vertex
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
node (noun)a small rounded mass of swollen tissue
SYNONYMS:
knot, lump, node, nodule, swellingRELATED WORDS:
growth, tumor, wart; hump, hunch; bruise, contusion, welt; blister, boil; blob, chunk, clod, clump, gob, gobbet, hunk, knob, nub, nubble, nugget, wadNode (Wikipedia)
Node (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English node, borrowed from Latin nōdus. Doublet of knot, knout, and nodus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nəʊd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /noʊd/
- Rhymes: -əʊd
Noun
node (plural nodes)
- A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- (astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending