1
: having a bulb : growing from or bearing bulbs
2
: resembling a bulb especially in roundness
a bulbous nose
bulbously
adverb
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My mother loved to preserve figs, transforming the purple-and-green bulbous orbs to caramel-brown delicacies of sweetness.
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Claude Barilleaux, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2025
And still the new bats might have gone unnoticed by many had Kay, the Yankees’ announcer, not pointed out the bulbous bat of Jazz Chisholm shortly before Chisholm hit a single during the rout of the Brewers a week ago.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The filmmakers are using the Sphere’s proprietary camera system to specialize it for the venue’s bulbous screens.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
From the shapeless bulbous blobfish to the white, fuzzy-armed yeti crab, some animals live up to their name.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
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Claude Barilleaux, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2025
And still the new bats might have gone unnoticed by many had Kay, the Yankees’ announcer, not pointed out the bulbous bat of Jazz Chisholm shortly before Chisholm hit a single during the rout of the Brewers a week ago.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The filmmakers are using the Sphere’s proprietary camera system to specialize it for the venue’s bulbous screens.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
From the shapeless bulbous blobfish to the white, fuzzy-armed yeti crab, some animals live up to their name.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Bulbous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulbous. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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bulbous
adjective
bul·bous
ˈbəl-bəs 
: resembling a bulb especially in roundness or the gross enlargement of a part
the bulbous expansion at the base of a hair
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