Crossword clues for bulbil
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, of propagating the plant; -- called also bulblet and brood bud.
(Anat.) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.
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.
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.