bulbous

bulbous
Synonyms and related words:
bagging, baggy, ballooning, bellying, billowing, billowy, bloated, bosomy, botanic, bulblike, bulbose, bulging, bumped, bumpy, bunched, bunchy, cereal, distended, ellipsoid, farinaceous, fruitlike, fruity, global, globate, globe-shaped, globed, globelike, globoid, globose, globular, hemispheric, herbaceous, herbal, herbose, herbous, herby, hillocky, hummocky, leguminose, leguminous, moutonnee, obovoid, orb, orbed, orbic, orbicular, orbiculate, orblike, orby, ovoid, plantlike, pneumatic, potbellied, pouching, radicated, radiciform, radicular, rhizoid, rootlike, rounded, sphere-shaped, spherelike, spheric, spheriform, spheroid, swelling, tuberous, vegetable, vegetal, vegetarian, vegetational, vegetative, verrucated, verrucose, warty, weedy

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  • Bulbous — Bulb ous, a. [L. bulbosus: cf. F. bulbeux. See {Bulb}, n.] Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bulbous — 1570s, pertaining to a bulb, from BULB (Cf. bulb) + OUS (Cf. ous). Meaning bulb shaped is recorded from 1783 …   Etymology dictionary

  • bulbous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) round or bulging in shape. 2) (of a plant) growing from a bulb …   English terms dictionary

  • bulbous — [bul′bəs] adj. [L bulbosus] 1. of, shaped like, or having a bulb or bulbs 2. growing from a bulb …   English World dictionary

  • bulbous — bul|bous [ bʌlbəs ] adjective big and round, or shaped like an onion: the bulbous domes of Orthodox churches a bulbous red nose …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bulbous — [[t]bʌ̱lbəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is bulbous is round and fat in a rather ugly way. ...his bulbous purple nose …   English dictionary

  • bulbous — UK [ˈbʌlbəs] / US adjective big and round, or shaped like an onion the bulbous domes of Orthodox churches a bulbous red nose …   English dictionary

  • bulbous — adjective Date: 1578 1. having a bulb ; growing from or bearing bulbs 2. resembling a bulb especially in roundness < a bulbous nose > • bulbously adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bulbous — bul·bous bəl bəs adj resembling a bulb esp. in roundness or the gross enlargement of a part <the bulbous expansion at the base of a hair> * * * bul·bous (bulґbəs) 1. bulbar. 2. bulboid. 3. bearing or arising from a bulb …   Medical dictionary

  • bulbous — adj. Bulbous is used with these nouns: ↑nose …   Collocations dictionary

  • bulbous — bul|bous [ˈbʌlbəs] adj fat, round, and unattractive ▪ a bulbous nose …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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