bulbous
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bulbous (ˈbʌlbəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | shaped like a bulb; swollen; bulging |
| 2. | growing from or bearing bulbs |
| bulbously | |
| —adv | |
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Bulbous
is always a great word to know.
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Example sentences
He was of proud and haughty mien, with a nose red and bulbous at the end.
It is actually related to beets but does not form a bulbous root, so the leaves are the only edible part.
He is proud of the little bulbous sensor on the car that automatically dims the headlights when another car approaches.
Another wolf sinks its teeth into the moose's bulbous nose.
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