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bulbose

bulbose is the alternative form of bulbous.

Meaning of bulbous

Adjective

bulbous (comparative more bulbous, superlative most bulbous)

  1. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
  2. Overweight and round in shape.
    • A neon cacophony hung only a few feet above their heads, the popping and buzzing of the lights only occasionally drowned out by the shouts of the barkers, bulbous men whose doughy fat strained at their sweat-stained t-shirts[…]2002, Michael Bracken, All White Girls, page 9
  3. Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.

Forms of bulbose

comparativemore bulbose
superlativemost bulbose

Questions about bulbose

What is bulbose the alternative form of?
Bulbose is the alternative form of bulbous.

Words near bulbose in the dictionary

  1. bulbophile
  2. bulbophiles
  3. bulbophyllum
  4. bulbophyllums
  5. bulbosacral
  6. bulbose
  7. bulbosities
  8. bulbosity
  9. bulbospinal
  10. bulbospongiosi
  11. bulbospongiosus

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