bulboso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin bulbōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulˈbo.zo/, (traditional) /bulˈbo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: bul‧bó‧so

Adjective

bulboso (feminine bulbosa, masculine plural bulbosi, feminine plural bulbose)

1. (botany) bulbous (growing from or producing bulbs)

Related terms

• bulbo
• bulbosa

Latin

Adjective

bulbōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bulbōsus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbōsus (“bulbous; bearing bulbs”), from bulbus (“bulb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulˈboso/ [bulˈβ̞o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: bul‧bo‧so

Adjective

bulboso (feminine bulbosa, masculine plural bulbosos, feminine plural bulbosas)

1. bulbous (having the shape of a bulb)
2. (botany) bulbous (growing from or producing bulbs)

Derived terms

• perifollo bulboso

 

Related terms

• bulbo

 

Further reading

• “bulboso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014