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Definitions of bulb in various dictionaries:
noun - a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
noun - electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
noun - a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)
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| Tulip planting |
| Thermometer part |
| Iris's base |
| Gardener's purchase |
| Flower starter |
| Onion, for one |
| Cartoonist's idea? |
| It's often screwed up |
| Light source |
| Daffodil source |
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| Prospective tulip |
| Plant part you're eating when you eat an onion or garlic |
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| a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ |
| a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure |
| a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end) |
| Botany A similar underground stem or root, such as a corm, rhizome, or tuber. |
| Anatomy A rounded dilation or expansion of a canal, vessel, or organ. |
| An incandescent lamp or its glass housing. |
| A rounded projection or part: the bulb of a syringe. |
| Botany A plant that grows from a bulb. |
| Botany A short, modified, underground stem surrounded by usually fleshy modified leaves that contain stored food for the shoot within: an onion bulb a tulip bulb. |
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In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases that function as food storage organs during dormancy. (In gardening, plants with other kinds of storage organ are also called "ornamental bulbous plants" or just "bulbs".) * A bulb's leaf bases, also known as scales, generally do not support leaves, but contain food reserves to enable the plant to survive adverse weather conditions. At the center of the bulb is a vegetative growing point or an unexpanded flowering shoot. The base is formed by a reduced stem, and plant growth occurs from this basal plate. Roots emerge from the underside of the base, and new stems and leaves from the upper side. Tunicate bulbs have dry, membranous outer scales that protect the continuous lamina of fleshy scales. Species in the genera Allium, Hippeastrum, Narcissus, and Tulipa all have tunicate bulbs. Non-tunicate bulbs, such as Lilium and Fritillaria species, lack the protective tunic and have looser scales.* * The technical te |