a. Nat. Hist. [ad. L. torōs-us, f. torus bulge, brawn: see -OSE.] Bulging, swollen, protuberant: said of an approximately cylindrical body swollen here and there.
1760. J. Lee, Introd. Bot., III. xxii. (1765), 229. The Pericarpium is … torose.
1785. Martyn, Rousseau’s Bot., xxiii. (1794), 322. Radish has a cylindric, jointed, torose or swelling silique.
1829. Loudon, Encycl. Plants (1836), 461. Caps[ules] subglobose torose hispid.
So † Torosity Obs. rare–0, torose condition.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Torosity (torositas), fleshiness, fatnesse, brawninesse.
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Torosity, Fatness, Grossness.
