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noun

Bulb n.

(Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.

(Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.

Bulb of the eye, the eyeball.

Bulb of a hair, the "root," or part whence the hair originates.

Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often called simply bulb.

Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth.

An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc.

A light bulb.

verb

Bulb v. i. To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

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Etymology of 'Bulb'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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