bulbous
adjective/ˈbʌlbəs/
/ˈbʌlbəs/
- having the shape of a bulb; round and fat in an ugly way
- a bulbous red nose
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBulbous is used with these nouns:- nose
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin bulbosus, or directly from bulb + -ous.Definitions on the go
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