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Bulbous vs Paperwhite - What's the difference?

bulbous | paperwhite |

As an adjective bulbous

is having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.

As a noun paperwhite is

a bulbous perennial, narcissus papyraceus , native to the mediterranean region, with fragrant bunches of white flowers.

bulbous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
  • (of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
  • * 2002 , Michael Bracken, All White Girls (page 9)
  • A neon cacophony hung only a few feet above their heads, the popping and buzzing of the lights only occasionally drowned out by the shouts of the barkers, bulbous men whose doughy fat strained at their sweat-stained t-shirts
  • (botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
  • English refractory feminine rhymes

    paperwhite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia paperwhite)
  • A bulbous perennial, Narcissus papyraceus , native to the Mediterranean region, with fragrant bunches of white flowers.
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