adj.

1. Resembling a bulb in shape; rounded or swollen: a bulbous nose; a bulbous stem base.
2. Botany. Bearing bulbs or growing from a bulb.

bulbously bul'bous·ly adv.

Having the form or nature of a bulb; bearing or arising from a bulb.

• b. buttercup — ranunculus bulbosa.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: like a bulb
  Synonym: bulblike

Meaning #2: curving outward
  Synonyms: bellied, bellying, bulging, bulgy, protuberant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - løgformet, kugleformet

Nederlands (Dutch)
bolvormig, bollen voortbrengend, groeiend uit bollen

Français (French)
adj. - bulbeux, gros (nez)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bauchig, Zwiebel-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βολβοειδής, βολβώδης

Italiano (Italian)
bulboso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - bulboso, bulbiforme

Русский (Russian)
луковичный, картошкой (о носе)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - bulboso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lökformigt

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
球根的, 由球根生长的, 球根状的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 球根的, 由球根生長的, 球根狀的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 볼록한, 인경에서 성장하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 球根を持つ, 球根から生じる, 球根状の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بصلي الشكل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בולבוסי, פקעתי‬

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