Definition of Bulbaceous

1. Adjective. Producing or growing from bulbs.

Partainyms: Bulb
Derivative terms: Bulb

Definition of Bulbaceous

1. a. Bulbous.

Definition of Bulbaceous

1. Adjective. bulbous ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulbaceous

bukshi
bukshis
bukshish
bulachite
bulau
bulb
bulb of eye
bulb of hair
bulb of jugular vein
bulb of lateral ventricle
bulb of posterior horn of lateral ventricle of brain
bulbaceous (current term)
bulbar
bulbar apoplexy
bulbar conjunctiva
bulbar conjunctivae
bulbar conjunctivas
bulbar myelitis
bulbar palsy
bulbar paralysis
bulbar pulse
bulbar ridge
bulbar septum
bulbectomies
bulbectomize
bulbectomized

Literary usage of Bulbaceous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... of raising edifices according to grten designs ; practical architecture. BULB, (bulb) ns A round body, or root. bulbaceous, (bul-ba'-she-us) o. Bulbous. ..."

2. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1883)
"Shell smooth, ovate, ventricose ; spire short, apex bulbaceous ; last whorl rather large ; aperture very large, the lip considerably expanded; ..."

3. Travels and Researches in Caffraria: Describing the Character, Customs, and by Stephen Kay (1834)
"All whom we met exhibited visible signs of extreme poverty; and numbers were busily employed in collecting various kinds of bulbaceous roots, ..."

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