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[syn: bulbil, bulblet]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bulbil \Bulb"il\, n. [Dim. fr. bulb.]
1. (Bot.) A small or secondary bulb; hence, now almost
exclusively: An a["e]rial bulb or deciduous bud, produced
in the leaf axils, as in the tiger lily, or relpacing the
flowers, as in some onions, and capable, when separated,
of propagating the plant; -- called also bulblet and
brood bud.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Anat.) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a
small vessel or tube.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bulblet \Bulb"let\, n. [Bulb,n.+ -let.] (Bot.)
A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some
a["e]rial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the
tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bulblet
n 1: small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil
or in the place of flowers [syn: bulbil, bulblet]