What does bulbous mean?
Definitions for bulbous
ˈbʌl bəsbul·bous
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Princeton's WordNet
bulblike, bulbous, bulb-shapedadjective
shaped like a bulb
bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberantadjective
curving outward
Wiktionary
bulbousadjective
Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
bulbousadjective
Overweight and round in shape.
bulbousadjective
Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
Etymology: or alteration of bulbosus
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bulbousadjective
Containing bulbs; consisting of bulbs.
Etymology: from bulb.
There are of roots, bulbous roots, fibrous roots, and hirsute roots. And I take it, in the bulbous, the sap hasteneth most to the air and sun. Francis Bacon, Nat. History, №. 616.
Set up your traps for vermin, especially amongst your bulbous roots. John Evelyn, Kalendar.
There leaves, after they are swelled out, like a bulbous root, to make the bottle, bend inward, or come again close to the stalk. John Ray, on the Creation.
The beginning of the internal jugulars have a bulbous cavity. John Ray, on the Creation.
Wikipedia
bulbous
In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases that function as food storage organs during dormancy. (In gardening, plants with other kinds of storage organ are also called "ornamental bulbous plants" or just "bulbs".)
ChatGPT
bulbous
Bulbous refers to something that is swollen, round, or protruding, often resembling a bulb in shape. This term can be used to describe various objects, animals, or parts of the body that have this characteristic shape.
Webster Dictionary
Bulbousnoun
having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bulbous in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bulbous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of bulbous in a Sentence
When I saw the big bulbous head, the tiny dorsal fin way back on its back and the dagger teeth, I knew exactly what it was. It also had an odd blowhole thats farther up than any other whale and slightly off-center.
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- بصلي الشكلArabic
- bauchigGerman
- βολβοειδήςGreek
- bulbosoSpanish
- bulbousPersian
- bulbeuxFrench
- hagymásHungarian
- bulatIndonesian
- bulbosoItalian
- בולבוסHebrew
- bulbosaLatin
- bulbosoPortuguese
- củ hànhVietnamese
- bulbousYiddish
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