bulblet
[ buhlb-lit ]
/ ˈbʌlb lɪt /
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noun Botany.
a small bulb or bulblike structure, especially one growing in the axils of leaves, as in the tiger lily, or replacing flowers, as in the onion.
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Words nearby bulblet
bulb fly, bulbiferous, bulbil, bulbitis, bulb keel, bulblet, bulb mite, bulbo-, bulbocavernosus, bulb of corpus spongiosum, bulb of eye
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