bulblet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bulblet	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bulblet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bulblet n small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers Synonym(s): bulbil, bulblet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulbil \Bulb"il\, n. [Dim. fr. bulb.] 1. (Bot.) A small or secondary bulb; hence, now almost exclusively: An a[89]rial 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}. 2. (Anat.) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulblet \Bulb"let\, n. [Bulb,n.+ -let.] (Bot.) A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some a[89]rial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.