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A protuberant joint in a plant.

The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.

Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.

A protuberant belly.

A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule.

the rate of 50.2" annually, caused by the action of the sun, moon, and planets, upon the protuberant matter about the earth's equator, in connection with its diurnal rotation; -- so called because either equinox, owing to its westerly motion, comes to the meridian sooner each day than the point it would have occupied…

Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.

That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation. Solar protuberances (Astron.), certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which are seen to extend beyond the edge of the moon at the time of a so…

The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence.

Protuberant. [R.]

arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. "Their round haunches gored." Shak.

Protuberant. [Obs.] Holland.

Rising above the level; protuberant. So high as heaved the tumid hills. Milton.

Swelling; protuberant. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied.

A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.

Anything protuberant and swagging. "Wallets of flesh." Shak.