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bulbous - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective adjective Botany Bearing bulbs or growing from a bulb.
from The Century Dictionary.
bulbous plants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective bulb , bloated.adjective of a person Overweight and round in shape .adjective botany Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective adjective
Etymologies
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bulb + -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus
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Examples
Octopus Studios 'tropical/freshwater fish-tanks assembles into a kind of fishy habitrail, wherein bulbous spheres of water are connected by diagonal tubes.
Boing Boing 2008
The same occurs in bulbous rooted plants raised from seed; they die annually, and produce others rather more perfect than the parent for several years, and then produce sexual flowers.
Canto II 1803
But Mr. Ferry seemed pleased at the prospect, though not by the glasses that Mr. Narváez produced, which Mr. Ferry called "bulbous ."
Bryan Ferry Lettie Teague 2011
The Mad Hatter is a kind of bulbous , ancient harlequin, while Alice is a doe-eyed anime princess.
Boing Boing 2007
Nearly every kind of bulbous roots, if not previously planted, may now be put in the earth.
The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering William Martin
The nose was flat, "bulbous ," with a very rounding end, and deeply indented at root.
The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913
The interior of the restaurant is a mixture of rustic elements such as bulbous fabric lamps, and warm Mediterranean colours.
Budapest Times 2009
The interior of the restaurant is a mixture of rustic elements such as bulbous fabric lamps, and warm Mediterranean colours.
Budapest Times 2009
The interior of the restaurant is a mixture of rustic elements such as bulbous fabric lamps, and warm Mediterranean colours.
Budapest Times 2009
The interior of the restaurant is a mixture of rustic elements such as bulbous fabric lamps, and warm Mediterranean colours.
Budapest Times 2009
marco_nj commented on the word bulbous
Goes great with "bouffant"
December 3, 2006