torose

 [tawr-ohs, tohr-, taw-rohs, toh-]  

to·rose

   [tawr-ohs, tohr-, taw-rohs, toh-]
adjective
1.
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
2.
Zoology. bulging.
Also, to·rous  [tohr-uhs, tawr-] .

Origin:
1750–60; < Latin torōsus bulging, full of muscle, equivalent to tor(us) bulge + -ōsus -ose1
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Torose is always a great word to know.
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organism capable of self-nourishment which uses photosynthesis or chemosynthesis for energy
male reproductive structure which produces gametes in ferns, mosses, fungi and algae
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torose or torous (ˈtɔːrəʊz, tɔːˈrəʊz, ˈtɔːrəs)
 
—adj
biology (of a cylindrical part) having irregular swellings; knotted
 
[C18: from Latin torōsus muscular, from torus a swelling]
 
torous or torous
 
—adj
 
[C18: from Latin torōsus muscular, from torus a swelling]
 
torosity or torous
 
—n

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