tubercle UK /ˈt(j)uː.bə.kəl/US /ˈt(j)u.bəɹ.kəl/ noun3 •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. •A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti. •A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis. formstubercles