tubercles

Noun

tubercle (plural tubercles)

1. A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
   • the iliac tubercles
2. A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
3. A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.