ampullaceousadj.
Having the form or character of an ampulla; bottle-shaped, inflated, swelling.
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balghc1340
struttinga1398
bouchy1398
bunching1398
bunchy1398
lumpedc1425
bunched1426
bulged1436
knule?a1513
bolling1519
bossed?1541
bossy1543
swelling1544
poked1577
embossed1578
extuberant1578
protuberant1578
protuberated1578
protuberating1578
protubered1578
bunting1584
bellieda1593
gouty1595
bottled1597
buddy1611
hulch1611
hulched1611
jetty?1611
bottle-like1629
bungy1634
extuberating1634
bosomed1646
puffing1661
protuberous1666
tuberant1668
extuberic1680
swollen1688
bellying1700
swelled1704
humped1713
extuberated1727
bottle-shaped1731
ampullaceous1776
hummocky1791
bulging1812
bulgy1847
ampulliform1870
fullish1871
pouchy1884
bumfled1913
1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 81 Ampullaceous, or bellied.
1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. iv. 126 It wounds us with..a simple incurved mucro terminating an ampullaceous joint.
1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. 395 Ampullaceous, in the form of a bladder or short flask.
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