knobby

Adjective

knobby (comparative knobbier, superlative knobbiest)

1. Resembling a knob.
   • They appeared, upon section, like wedge-shaped, knobby formations, penetrating into the placenta fetalis, and were thus found in three places ; the smallest was 3 mm. and the largest was 15 mm. in diameter.1871, New York Medical Journal - Volume 14, page 431
   • The baby kicked energetically. She caressed a knobby knee or elbow.2012, Carrie Weaver, Baby, I'M Yours, →ISBN
2. Having many knobs or knob-like projections.
   • The large open leaves and large knobby leaves were picked out by hand, and formed the finest sort of "hyson skin" (known commercially as pretty good bloom, brightish hyson kind mixed, knobby leaf); the remaining leaves were hyson.1860, The Encyclopaedia Britannica
   • Knobby Creek rises in the center part of Union Township, flowing north where it empties into the Osage River. Name suggested by the "knobby" character of the surrounding country, i.e. full of "knobs" or low hills. Sometimes called Beaver Creek, from the animal found here in early days.1943, Fauna R. Overlay, Place Names Of Five South Central Counties Of Missouri, M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2016

   Synonyms:

   nodose