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torose definition

to·rose (tō′rōs′, tôr′ōs′, tō rōs′)

adjective

  1. bulging, knobbed, protuberant, swelling, etc.
  2. Bot. cylindrical, with swellings at intervals
Also torous to′·rous (tō′rəs, tôr′əs)

Etymology: L torosus, full of muscle, knotty < torus, muscle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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