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bulbil |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. 2. (Anat.) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bulbil n : small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers [syn: {bulblet}]
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