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Definition of Bulbous
1. Adjective. Shaped like a bulb.
2. Adjective. Curving outward.
Similar to: Protrusive
Derivative terms: Bulb, Bulge, Bulginess, Protuberance, Protuberance, Protuberate, Protuberate
Definition of Bulbous
1. a. Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.
Definition of Bulbous
1. Adjective. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a person) Overweight and round in shape. ¹
3. Adjective. (botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bulbous
1. bulb-shaped; bulging [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulbous
Literary usage of Bulbous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The surgical diseases of the genito-urinary organs including syphilis by William Holme Van Buren, E. L. Keyes (1874)
"Use of bulbous Bongio.—Symptoms of Stricture and its Results as affecting the
... To examine for stricture, a bulbous bougie is selected of the largest size ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1874)
"Mr Spence explained how the conical shape of the stem of the bulbous instrument
did away with any advantage gained by the bulbous shape of its end. ..."
3. A Practical treatise on sexual disorders of the male and female by Robert William Taylor (1905)
"CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE bulbous URETHRA. In the bulbous urethra the ...
Chronic urethritis of the bulbous urethra may give rise to DO secretion visible ..."
4. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"Of herbs which have fleshy or bulbous roots. XII. 2 There is a large class of
these which have fleshy or bulbous roots : these exhibit differences both as ..."
5. The Floral World and Garden Guide by Shirley Hibberd (1862)
"Versicolor, three inches, crimson ; February ; a valuable species for winter
flowers, bulbous. Variabilis grandiflora, three inches, white ; November; ..."
6. Gardening in California: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1908)
"bulbous AND TUBEROUS ROOTED PLANTS. AGAPANTHUS. THE African lily is one of our
favorite bulbous-rooted plants, with luxuriant yet graceful foliage and great ..."
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