toruloseadj.
/ˈtɒruːləʊs//ˈtɒr(j)ʊləʊs//ˈtɔːjʊləʊs/ Natural History.
Having at intervals small rounded swollen parts, as a stem, pod, tube, antenna.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > rounded projection
nodous1646
tuberous1650
papillar1651
verrucous1656
capitate1661
clavate1661
papillary1667
warty1693
tuberculated1696
papillous1718
tubercular1719
clavated1728
tuberculous1732
mammillated1744
tubercled1746
papillose1752
torulous1752
tuberculose1752
tuberculate1777
tubercle-like1792
mastoid1800
tuberculiferous1802
ventricose1804
torulose1806
papillated?a1808
tuberculiform1817
bullated1822
nodulous1822
tuberiform1822
nodulated1824
papilliform1824
mammular1826
papilliferous1826
nodulose1828
knuckled1842
mamelonated1843
tuberculoid1853
papillate1857
mammilloid1859
tuberculosquamous1866
bosselated1873
papulate1876
bulbar1878
tubero-cystic1879
mammulose1889
the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > protuberance or lump > [adjective] > protuberant or swollen
proud1597
ventriose1725
ventricose1751
torulous1752
torose1760
torulose1806
ventricous1828
papillary1874
1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. §309 Arabis... Silique linear, torulose.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 325 Torulose... When they [joints of the antennæ] are a little tumid.
1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 154 Thickened slightly at the articulations (torulose).
1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 103 The paraphyses were septate, and nearly torulose at the upper part.
Derivatives
ˈtorulous adj. in same sense.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > rounded projection
nodous1646
tuberous1650
papillar1651
verrucous1656
capitate1661
clavate1661
papillary1667
warty1693
tuberculated1696
papillous1718
tubercular1719
clavated1728
tuberculous1732
mammillated1744
tubercled1746
papillose1752
torulous1752
tuberculose1752
tuberculate1777
tubercle-like1792
mastoid1800
tuberculiferous1802
ventricose1804
torulose1806
papillated?a1808
tuberculiform1817
bullated1822
nodulous1822
tuberiform1822
nodulated1824
papilliform1824
mammular1826
papilliferous1826
nodulose1828
knuckled1842
mamelonated1843
tuberculoid1853
papillate1857
mammilloid1859
tuberculosquamous1866
bosselated1873
papulate1876
bulbar1878
tubero-cystic1879
mammulose1889
the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > protuberance or lump > [adjective] > protuberant or swollen
proud1597
ventriose1725
ventricose1751
torulous1752
torose1760
torulose1806
ventricous1828
papillary1874
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 11 The Brachionus, with a conic torulous body.
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Torulosus,..swelled, or bulged out in a slight degree here and there, like knotted cord: torulous.
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