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noun
A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: bulbel, bulblet
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bulblet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bulb
History
From Spanish bulbillo, from the diminutive form of Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).
Across languages
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