- bulb by Alyssa Myers
a rounded organ of vegetative reproduction in plants such as the tulip and onion: a flattened stem...
- bulb by Madison Snyder
( bulb) a rounded mass or enlargement. Bul´barbulb of aorta the enlargement of the aorta at its...
- bulb by Francisco Harris
In botany, the resting stage of certain seed plants, particularly perennial monocotyledons ( see cotyledon), consisting of a relatively large, usually globe-shaped, underground bud with membranous or fleshy overlapping leaves arising from a short stem. The fleshy leaves function as food reserves that enable a plant to lie dormant when water is unavailable (during ...
- onion by WordNet
nounThe bulb of an onion plant. Bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its...
- bulb by WordNet
... containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity. synonyms: light bulb, lightbulb, incandescent lamp, electric light, electric-light bulbA rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end. ) usage: "the bulb of a syringe"Anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop. Lower or hindmost part of the ...