OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8022

bulb

/ˈbʌlb/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bulbo • cabeza
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.
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 plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs.
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