ule

noun

1. caucho.
2. a tree that produces caucho.

1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, originally diminutive nouns (capsule; globule; nodule) or noun derivatives of verbs (ligule).

suffix forming nouns

1. indicating smallnessglobule

word-forming element meaning “small, little” (capsule, module, etc.), from French -ule, from Latin diminutive suffix -ulus (fem. -ula, neuter -ulum).