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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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A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain
bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta. |
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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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