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Bulbil

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil.
  2. 2
    small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers wordnet
  3. 3
    A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.

Etymology

From Spanish bulbillo, from the diminutive form of Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

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