lobe

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any part of an organ that seems to be separate in some way from the rest, especially one of the parts of the brain, lungs, or liver:

the frontal lobe of the brain

a rounded or pointed part on a leaf that sticks out from the main part:

The leaf is divided into several lobes.

The oval green leaves are simple and have three shallow lobes.

an earlobe