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Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers
Answer for the clue "Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers ", 7 letters:
bulblet
Word definitions for bulblet in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers [syn: bulbil ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb or on some aerial part of a plant.
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, ...
Usage examples of bulblet.
Well, he saves the bones and cooks them up into a marvelous broth with onions and lovely little bulblets from the tuleeky plant and bits of this and that.
Well, he saves the bones and cooks them up into a marvelous broth with onions and lovely little bulblets from the tuleeky plant and bits of this and that.