Bulb

Definitions

1. The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
2. The medulla oblongata.
   dated
3. Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
4. A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape).
5. A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
6. An onion.
   obsolete

Equivalents

40 more languages

العربيةاللّمبةبصل

Българскилу́ковица

Bosanskićuglavicaглавица

Catalàbulb

Češtinabulvacibulehlíza

Danskløg

Ελληνικάβολβός

Esperantobulbo

Eestisibul

فارسیپیاز

Suomikupupolttimosipuli

Gàidhligbolgan

Galegobulbo

עבריתבצלכפתורפקעת

हिन्दीगट्ठा

Hrvatskićuglavicaглавица

Magyargümővirághagyma

Հայերենկոճղեզսոխուկ

Bahasa Indonesiabulbusumbi lapis

Íslenskalaukur

Italianobulbo

日本語球球根鱗茎

ქართულიბოლქვი

ភាសាខ្មែរមើម

한국어알뿌리

Kurdîçuçûlok

Latinabulbus

Latviešusīpols

Македонскилуковица

മലയാളംകിഴങ്ങ്

Nederlandsbloembol

Polskicebulacebulka

Portuguêsbulbo

Русскийлу́ковица

SlovenčinaCibuľka

Српскиćuglavicaглавица

Svenskaglödlampalok

ไทยหน่อ

Українськацибули́на

Tiếng Việtcủ

Examples

“the plants which grow⟳ in the earth from seed or bulbs.”

“Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut⟳ into small pieces and grown on).”

“the bulb of the aorta”

“an incandescent bulb”

“an LED bulb”

“a fluorescent tube bulb”

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