nubbin

• Substantiv für ein kleines, kurzes oder verkümmertes Stück oder einen Rest, z. B. eine verkümmerte Frucht oder ein kleiner Maiskolben.

A noun referring to a small, stubby, or undeveloped piece or remnant, such as an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn.

1. Small nub or stubC1informalamerican

   A small, undeveloped, or imperfect part of something, such as a fruit or ear of corn.

   Kleiner Stummel oder Ansatz

   • The farmer found a nubbin of corn at the edge of the field.
   • She picked a nubbin from the plant, but it was too small to eat.
   • The apple tree produced only a few nubbins this year.

   Synonymebumpknoblumpnodenodulenubprojectionprotuberancestubtubercle