Definition of "protuberances" [protuberances]

• Plural form of protuberance. (noun)

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• "Rig Veda, though mountains are called protuberances"
• "“block of volcanic basalt, whose circumference is sprinkled with little crystals, pointed and straw-like, with rhombs of tile-red feldspath upon a dark background, like velvet or charcoal, except one of its protuberances, which is reddish.”"
• ""protuberances" or "prominences" was no longer doubtful; although further inquiry was needed for the determination of the particular species to which those vapours belonged."