pulvīnātus

I. cushion-shaped, having a swelling or elevation, swelling, elevated: pulvinatus calyx (juglandis), Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86: fissura (seminis palmae), id. 13, 4, 7, § 32: labrum scrobis, id. 17, 22, 35, § 168: capitula columnarum, Vitr. 1, 2; 3, 3; hence, columnae, id. 4, 1 fin.