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Answer for the clue "Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers ", 6 letters:
bulbil

Word definitions for bulbil in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil. 2 (cx anatomy English) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bulbil \Bulb"il\, n. [Dim. fr. bulb.] (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, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers [syn: bulblet ]

Usage examples of bulbil.

At the top of this curlicue stalk is a pod of a hundred or so bulbils, each one keen on sprouting into a new garlic plant when the top-heavy flower stalk falls over.