[syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bulbous
adj 1: shaped like a bulb [syn: bulblike, bulbous, bulb-
shaped]
2: curving outward [syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous,
bulging, bulgy, protuberant]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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