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Definitions of bulbous in various dictionaries:
adj - shaped like a bulb
adj - curving outward
Resembling a bulb in shape; rounded or swollen: a bulbous nose; a bulbous stem base.
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| Swollen, or shaped like an onion |
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| If a part of the body is bulbous, it is fat and round: |
| Resembling a bulb in shape rounded or swollen: a bulbous nose a bulbous stem base. |
| Botany Bearing bulbs or growing from a bulb. |
| (of a plant) growing from a bulb. |
| Fat, round, or bulging. |
| fat, round, or bulging. |
| like a bulb |
| curving outward |
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In botany, a Bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases that function as food storage organs during dormancy. (In gardening, plants with other kinds of storage organ are also called "ornamental bulbous plants" or just "bulbs".) * A bulb's leaf bases, also known as scales, generally do not support leaves, but contain food reserves to enable the plant to survive adverse weather conditions. At the center of the bulb is a vegetative growing point or an unexpanded flowering shoot. The base is formed by a reduced stem, and plant growth occurs from this basal plate. Roots emerge from the underside of the base, and new stems and leaves from the upper side. Tunicate bulbs have dry, membranous outer scales that protect the continuous lamina of fleshy scales. Species in the genera Allium, Hippeastrum, Narcissus, and Tulipa all have tunicate bulbs. Non-tunicate bulbs, such as Lilium and Fritillaria species, lack the protective tunic and have looser scales.* * The technical te |