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Bulbous vs Squill - What's the difference?

bulbous | squill |

As a adjective bulbous

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

As a noun squill is

a european bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus scilla , used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties.

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

    squill

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla , used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties
  • A mantis shrimp, , from the Mediterranean

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