BULB

Bulb

In botany, a bulb is a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases that function as food storage organs during dormancy.

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bulb

Noun

  1. Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
    the bulb of the aorta
  2. A light bulb.
  3. The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
  4. a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.

Verb

  1. To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.


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