Definition of bulb

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Bulb (n.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid..

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Lily :: Lily (n.) A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary..
Inuloid :: Inuloid (n.) A substance resembling inulin, found in the unripe bulbs of the dahila..
Levulin :: Levulin (n.) A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose..
Squill :: Squill (n.) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion..
Scillitin :: Scillitin (n.) A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several substances..
Bulbiferous :: Bulbiferous (n.) Producing bulbs.
Cuckoobud :: Cuckoobud (n.) A species of Ranunculus (R. bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup..
Onion :: Onion (n.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus..
Hubble-bubble :: Hubble-bubble (n.) A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell..
Detach :: Detach (v. t.) To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party..
Retort :: Retort (v. t.) A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works..
Bulb :: Bulb (n.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta..
Colchicum :: Colchicum (n.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron..
Bulbul :: Bulbul (n.) The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidae. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera..
Pancratium :: Pancratium (n.) A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants, having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading lobes. The American species are now placed in the related genus Hymenocallis..
Corm :: Corm (n.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb..
Rhizocarpous :: Rhizocarpous (a.) Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; -- said of all perennial herbs..
Bulbous :: Bulbous (n.) Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure..
Bulbule :: Bulbule (n.) A small bulb; a bulblet.
Pseudo-bulb :: Pseudo-bulb (n.) An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants..
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