bulbiformadj.
/ˈbʌlbɪfɔːm/ Bulb-shaped.
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roundc1300
orbicular?1440
spherical1523
spheral1571
globous1591
globy1595
bulbed1597
orbed1598
sphery1600
spheric1610
globical1612
rotundious1614
globular1626
globed1633
global1637
globose1667
spheriform1678
globosous1681
globar1699
bulbous1783
ball-shaped1802
globate1806
perispheric1828
bulb-like1836
balloon-shaped1839
bulbiform1849
globuloid1889
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 449/1 The blood-vessels..form a rete around the bulbiform cæca.
1884 Athenæum 20 Sept. 376/2 The comet, losing the bulbiform figure, assumed the appearance usual with these bodies.
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