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bulbil

NOUN
  1. small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers

How To Use bulbil In A Sentence

  • The fine, young leaves of sprouted garlic bulbils look like newly sprouted grass.
  • A unique feature of this flower is that the bulbils appear in the leaf axils.
  • 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. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
  • Many plant species can reproduce clonally by creeping roots or stems, propagules such as bulbils and tubers, or agamous seeds.
  • It can reproduce both asexually and through aerial bulbils, which is another reason for its high rank in impact.
  • This species has sweet and palatable bulbs and also bears clusters of bulbils at the flower head.
  • _Gesnera_, _Cardamine_, &c. In truth, the two conditions merge one into the other, as in some begonias, where the ramenta often become leaf-like and bear small bulbils in the axil. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
  • These garlics still produce a flower stalk but rather than bearing fertile flowers, the stalk ends in an aboveground capsule containing small cloves or bulbils.
  • At the top is the "seed" pod, more properly called the umbel, which contains the flowers and bulbils. Archive 2008-07-01
  • Have a marvelous day. ps If you have a few to spare, may I please have a bulbil! Hummingbird Holy Grail? « Fairegarden
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