Main Entry: pro·tu·ber·ant

Pronunciation: \-b(ə-)rənt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Late Latin protuberant-, protuberans, present participle of protuberare to bulge out, from Latin pro- forward + tuber excrescence, swelling; perhaps akin to Latin tumēre to swell — more at thumb

Date: 1646

: thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass : prominent <protuberant eyes>

— pro·tu·ber·ant·ly adverb