ampulliformadj.
Flask-shaped, bulging, dilated.
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balghc1340
struttinga1398
bouchy1398
bunching1398
bunchy1398
lumpedc1425
bunched1426
bulged1436
knule?a1513
bolling1519
bossed?1541
bossy1543
swelling1544
poked1577
embossed1578
extuberant1578
protuberant1578
protuberated1578
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bunting1584
bellieda1593
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buddy1611
hulch1611
hulched1611
jetty?1611
bottle-like1629
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extuberating1634
bosomed1646
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extuberic1680
swollen1688
bellying1700
swelled1704
humped1713
extuberated1727
bottle-shaped1731
ampullaceous1776
hummocky1791
bulging1812
bulgy1847
ampulliform1870
fullish1871
pouchy1884
bumfled1913
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 51 Siléne conica..calyx ½ in., ampulliform.
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 117 The ampulliform ends of the semi-circular canals.
1881 Baker in Jrnl. Lin. S. XVIII. 273 Capsule ampullæform, glabrous.
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