| Bulb (bulb) |
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| n. | (b lb) |
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| Bulb |
| [L. bulbus, Gr.
bolbo`s: cf. F. bulbe.] |
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.
A name given to some parts that
resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the
aorta.
An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube,
as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical,
cylindrical, curved, etc.
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To take the shape of a bulb;
to swell.
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