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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bulbous \Bulb"ous\, a. [L. bulbosus: cf. F. bulbeux. See {Bulb},
     n.]
     Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs;
     bulblike in shape or structure.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bulbous
       adj 1: like a bulb [syn: {bulblike}]
       2: curving outward [syn: {bellied}, {bellying}, {bulging}, {bulgy},
           {protuberant}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "bulbous":
     bagging, baggy, ballooning, bellying, billowing, billowy, bloated,
     bosomy, botanic, bulblike, bulbose, bulging, bumped, bumpy,
     bunched, bunchy, cereal, distended, ellipsoid, farinaceous,
     fruitlike, fruity, global, globate, globe-shaped, globed,
     globelike, globoid, globose, globular, hemispheric, herbaceous,
     herbal, herbose, herbous, herby, hillocky, hummocky, leguminose,
     leguminous, moutonnee, obovoid, orb, orbed, orbic, orbicular,
     orbiculate, orblike, orby, ovoid, plantlike, pneumatic, potbellied,
     pouching, radicated, radiciform, radicular, rhizoid, rootlike,
     rounded, sphere-shaped, spherelike, spheric, spheriform, spheroid,
     swelling, tuberous, vegetable, vegetal, vegetarian, vegetational,
     vegetative, verrucated, verrucose, warty, weedy
  
  

















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