Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling a bulb in shape; rounded or swollen.
- adjective Botany Bearing bulbs or growing from a bulb.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing or growing from bulbs: as, bulbous plants.
- Pertaining to or resembling a bulb; swelling out; bulb-shaped.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the shape of or resembling a
bulb , bloated. - adjective of a person
Overweight andround inshape . - adjective botany Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective curving outward
- adjective shaped like a bulb
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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The Mad Hatter is a kind of bulbous, ancient harlequin, while Alice is a doe-eyed anime princess.
Boing Boing 2007
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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
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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
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The interior of the restaurant is a mixture of rustic elements such as bulbous fabric lamps, and warm Mediterranean colours.
Budapest Times 2009
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The interior of the restaurant is a mixture of rustic elements such as bulbous fabric lamps, and warm Mediterranean colours.
Budapest Times 2009
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The interior of the restaurant is a mixture of rustic elements such as bulbous fabric lamps, and warm Mediterranean colours.
Budapest Times 2009
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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