"bulbous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌlbəs/, /ˈboʊlbəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bulbous.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more bulbous [comparative], most bulbous [superlative]
Etymology: bulb + -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bulb|ous}} bulb + -ous, {{uder|en|la|bulbosus}} Latin bulbosus Head templates: {{en-adj}} bulbous (comparative more bulbous, superlative most bulbous)
  1. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated. Translations (having the shape of a bulb): издут (izdut) (Bulgarian), bulbós (Catalan), bulbeux (French), baniasty (Polish), bulboso (Spanish), випуклий (vypuklyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), опуклий (opuklyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bulbous-en-adj-Epbtz~Cb Disambiguation of 'having the shape of a bulb': 52 30 18
  2. (of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
    Sense id: en-bulbous-en-adj-oXp4EZD- Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ous, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 9 44 47 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 11 50 38
  3. (botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs): луковичен (lukovičen) (Bulgarian), bulbós (Catalan), bulbeux (French), bulboso (Italian), bulbosus (Latin), bulboso (Portuguese), bulboso (Spanish), цибулинний (cybulynnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), цибулеподібний (cybulepodibnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bulbous-en-adj-tQ~9m4bC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English refractory feminine rhymes, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 35 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 34 53 Disambiguation of English refractory feminine rhymes: 12 31 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 9 44 47 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'growing from a bulb or producing bulbs': 10 2 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bulbous buttercup

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for bulbous meaning in All languages combined (5.4kB)

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