bulbiform

From Latin bulbus (“bulb”) +‎ -form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌlbɪfɔːm/

bulbiform (comparative more bulbiform, superlative most bulbiform)

1. Shaped like a bulb.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 245:

     Though there was to be no encounter with the Bol'shaia Igra that day, the shadow of the bulbiform envelope, and the menacing twinkle of gunmetal beneath it, nonetheless would persist well into the later moments of ground-recreation.

Borrowed from French bulbiforme.

bulbiform m or n (feminine singular bulbiformă, masculine plural bulbiformi, feminine and neuter plural bulbiforme)

1. bulbiform