a. [ad. mod.L. bulbiform-is, see BULB sb. and -FORM.] Bulb-shaped.

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1847–9.  Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., IV. 449/1. The blood-vessels … form a rete around the bulbiform cæca.

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1884.  Athenæum, 20 Sept., 376/2. The comet, losing the bulbiform figure, assumed the appearance usual with these bodies.

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