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noun
A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: vascular plant, tracheophyte
History
From geo- (“earth”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
