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Definition of Bulblet
1. Noun. Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers.
Definition of Bulblet
1. n. A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some aërial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.
Definition of Bulblet
1. Noun. (botany) A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb or on some aerial part of a plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bulblet
1. a small bulb [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bulblet
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulblet
Literary usage of Bulblet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Structure and Development of Mosses and Ferns (Archegoniatae) by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1905)
"Before the bulblet becomes detached, the rudiment of a root can be made out at
the base, and as soon as it falls off and comes in contact with the earth the ..."
2. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"portion of gland; capsule nodding; stem low, bulblet-bearing in none of the
following except the first; the radical leaf long and conspicuous, ..."
3. Notes on lilies and their culture: A Reliable Guide for Beginners by Alexander Wallace (1879)
"Take a bulblet in the autumn that has been produced on a bulb bearing stem ...
In the case of the bulblet it will take more than three years before its suc- ..."
4. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"A strict plant, similar to the preceding, 2-5 dm. high, but with a bulblet borne
in the axil of the lowest leaf, 1-4 cm. above the bulb; leaves and flowers ..."
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