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What (who) is bulb - definition
SHORT, ENLARGED SHOOT SYSTEM THAT HAS AS PARTS A SHORT STEM IN WHICH THE SHOOT INTERNODES DO NOT ELONGATE, AND ONE OR MORE BUDS ENCLOSED BY FLESHY LEAVES OR LEAF BASES
Bulbs; Bulbous; Flower bulb; Bulblet; Culture of bulbs; Bulbet; Bulbel; Tunic leaf
![''[[Hippeastrum]]'' (amaryllis) bulb](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amaryllisbulb.jpg?width=200 "''[[Hippeastrum]]'' (amaryllis) bulb")
![Bulbils form in the leaf axils of ''[[Lilium lancifolium]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lilium lancifolium bulbils.jpg?width=200 "Bulbils form in the leaf axils of ''[[Lilium lancifolium]]''")
![Wild garlic (''[[Allium vineale]]'') bulbils sprouting](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alliumvineale1web.jpg?width=200 "Wild garlic (''[[Allium vineale]]'') bulbils sprouting")
!["[[Tree onion]]s" form clusters of small bulbs instead of flowers](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Allium fistulosum bulbifera0.jpg?width=200 "\"[[Tree onion]]s\" form clusters of small bulbs instead of flowers")
bulb
n.
light bulb
1) to change, put in, screw in (AE) a bulb
2) a bulb blows out; burns out
3) an electric; frosted; light; three-way bulb
4) the glare of a bulb
tuber
5) a crocus; tulip bulb
bulb
(bulbs)
1.
A bulb is the glass part of an electric lamp, which gives out light when electricity passes through it.
The stairwell was lit by a single bulb.
= light bulb
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2.
A bulb is a root shaped like an onion that grows into a flower or plant.
...tulip bulbs.
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Bulb
·vi To take the shape of a bulb; to Swell.
II. Bulb ·noun A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
III. Bulb ·noun 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.
IV. Bulb ·noun 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.
Wikipedia
Bulb
In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases that function as food storage organs during dormancy. (In gardening, plants with other kinds of storage organ are also called "ornamental bulbous plants" or just "bulbs".)
Examples of use of bulb
1. An 11W fluorescent bulb (in a package of three) costs NIS 13 (per bulb) at Ikea, while the regular bulb cost NIS 4.
2. The 18W is equivalent to a 100W regular bulb and the 11W is equivalent to a 60W incandescent bulb.
3. Why insist on that familiar, old, incandescent bulb, wasteful from every perspective compared with the compact fluorescent bulb?
4. "These materials are so sensitive that the heat from a camera flash bulb or torch bulb will cause them to detonate.
5. The banthebulb.org website, which campaigns for bulb taxes, argues for a levy of 1p per watt, or 1 per inefficient bulb.