nubbin

• Существительное, обозначающее маленький, короткий или недоразвитый кусочек или остаток, например, недоразвитый плод или початок кукурузы.

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.

   Маленький отросток или огрызок

   • 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.

   Синонимыbumpknoblumpnodenodulenubprojectionprotuberancestubtubercle