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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.

Translations

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polyanthus

English

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin polyanthus, corresponding to poly- +? Ancient Greek ????? (ánthos, “flower”).

Noun

polyanthus (plural polyanthuses or polyanthi)

  1. A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers. [from 17th c.]
    • 1793, Hester Piozzi, Thraliana, 27 February:
      [T]he Hens all want to sit, the Primroses Polyanthuses &c crowd the Hedges; & a Rose Tree or two are quite full of Leaves.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /po.ly?an.t?us/, [p?ly?än?t???s?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.li?an.tus/, [p?li??n?t?us]

Adjective

polyanthus (feminine polyantha, neuter polyanthum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin) Having many flowers

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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