glandule noun. ['glandju:l] LME.
[French, or directly from Latin glandula (usu. in pl.) glands in the neck, tonsils (dim. of glans, gland- acorn): see -ULE.]
1. Medicine & Veterinary Medicine. A gland; esp. a lymph node (usu. in pl.). LME-M18.

2. Medicine & Veterinary Medicine. A swelling of the lymph nodes in the neck. Usu. in pl. Cf. GLANDER. LME-E17.
b. Medicine. Any rounded swelling in the body. rare. LME-M19.

3. Zoology & Botany. A small gland, esp. in certain fungi and orchids. M18.

■ glandu'liferous adjective bearing glands or glandules E18.

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