noun.
A small bulblike structure produced in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil, and having the ability to develop into a new plant.
noun.
A bulblet.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Same as bulblet.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A small or secondary bulb; hence, now almost exclusively: An aërial 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.
noun.
A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.
noun.
A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil
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noun.
small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers
Word Usage
"A bulbil is a bud which becomes an independent plant before it commences to elongate; it is generally fleshy, somewhat after the manner of a bulb, hence its name."