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bul·bil

(bŭl′bəl, -bĭl′)

1. A small bulblike structure produced in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil, and having the ability to develop into a new plant.

2. A bulblet.

[French bulbille, diminutive of bulbe, bulb, from Latin bulbus; see bulb.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

bulbil

(ˈbʌlbɪl) or

bulbel

1. (Botany) a small bulblike organ of vegetative reproduction growing in leaf axils or on flower stalks of plants such as the onion and tiger lily

2. (Botany) any small bulb of a plant

3. (Zoology) any small bulblike structure in an animal

[C19: from New Latin bulbillus, from Latin bulbus bulb]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bulb•let

(ˈbʌlb lɪt)

n.

a small bulb or bulblike structure, esp. one growing in the axils of leaves or replacing flowers.

[1835–45]

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bulbil - small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers

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bulb - a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure

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