ˈbəlbəs adjective
Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French bulbeux, from Latin bulbosus, from bulbus bulb + -osus -ose — more at bulb
1. : like or being a plant bulb
a thick bulbous root
bulbous and tuberous structures
2.
a. : bearing or producing bulbs
b. : growing from a bulb
bulbous plants
3. : resembling or suggesting a bulb especially in roundness or in the gross enlargement of a part
thick bulbous fingers
an oak table mounted on a bulbous pedestal