bulbous
pronunciation
How to pronounce bulbous in British English:
UK [ˈbʌlbəs]
How to pronounce bulbous in American English:
US [ˈbʌlbəs]
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- Adjective:
- like a bulb
- curving outward
Word Origin
- bulbous (adj.)
- 1570s, "pertaining to a bulb," from Latin bulbosus, from bulbus (see bulb). Meaning "bulb-shaped" is recorded from 1783. Related: Bulbously; bulbousness.
Example
- 1. Bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor .
- 2. Bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers .
- 3. Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads .
- 4. North atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead .
- 5. As you drove northward , the bulbous form emerged from behind flat-fronted apartment buildings like a balloon in the macy 's thanksgiving day parade .