A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

torosus,-a,-um (adj.A), torulosus,-a,-um (adj.A): torose, cylindrical with [irregular] bulges or contractions at intervals, knotted, with knots or nodes; “a cylindrical body, swollen out here and there” (Lindley);‘having the surface covered with rounded prominences, knobbed; cylindrical (as a plant member) with alternate swellings and contractions’ (WIII); (in fungi) “(as ‘torulose, torulous’) “cylindric, with swollen portions at intervals; with catenate swellings, ‘moniliform’” (S&D); provided with a torus, i.e. any round swelling, protuberance, a knot [> L. torus,-i (s.m.II) q.v.]; cf. intestiniformis,-e (adj.B); cf. moniliformis,-e (adj.B), ‘beaded’ like a necklace, perhaps more uniform than torose; cf. intestiniformis,-e (adj.B); cf. nodosus,-a,-um (adj.A); see torus,-i (s.m.II); see torulosus,-a,-um (adj.A); see vertebratus,-a,-um (adj.A);

Torus (Eng.noun): a smooth rounded anatomical protuberance (such as a bony ridge on the skull) (Merriam Webster).

- [moss] areolatio foliorum Bryi carnei, theca propria i11i Br. atropurpurei similis sed ad insertionem pedunculi torosa veluti coronata (C. Muell.), similar to the areolation of the leaves of Bryum carneum, to the characteristic theca of that of Bryum atropurpureum but at the insertion of theh peduncle [i.e. the seta] torose [i.e. with a torus] as though a wreath.

- capsulae torulosae (id est circum semina dilatatae inter semina constrictae), capsules tortulose (i.e. around the seeds swollen, between the seeds constricted) (Stearn).

- stamina exteriora ananthera superne undulata v. moniliformia, interiora antherifera filamentis torulosis (B&H), outer stamens lacking anthers, undulate or moniform above, the inner ones bearing anthers with torulose filaments.

- carpella sublaevia aut laeviter torulosa. (DeCandolle), the carpels somewhat even [i.e. rather smooth, level] or slightly torulose [“a cylindrical body, swollen out here and there” (Lindley)].

- [Bryum; moss] theca propria illi Br. atropurpurei similis sed ad insertionem pedunculi torosa veluti coronata (C. Mueller), the characteristic theca is similar to that of Bryum atropurpureum, but it is as if crowned at the insertion of the peduncle with a protuberance.

Leavenworthia torulosa with the siliques torulose, “cylindric, with constrictions” (Fernald 1950); Panus torulosus, a mushroom.

Torula,-ae (s.f.I), a genus of yeasts with a linear-cylindric body that is moniliform or bead-like: with alternating bulges and contractions; see beer.