n.
- A small bulb or bulblike structure in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil, as in a tiger lily.
- A bulblet.
[French bulbille, diminutive of bulbe, bulb, from Latin bulbus. See bulb.]
Dictionary:
bul·bil (bŭl'bəl, -bĭl')
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[French bulbille, diminutive of bulbe, bulb, from Latin bulbus. See bulb.]
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A small bulblike structure, usually borne among the flowers or in the axil of a leaf but never at ground level like a true bulb.
| WordNet: bulbil |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers
Synonym: bulblet
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