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bulbous

English

Etymology

bulb +? -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?lb?s/, /?bo?lb?s/

Adjective

bulbous (comparative more bulbous, superlative most bulbous)

  1. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
  2. (of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
  3. (botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.

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appressorium

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

appressorium (plural appressoria)

  1. (mycology) A bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates the cuticle.

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