Pseudobulb
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A storage organ in orchids, derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes.
"Remove only dead flowers, not the living bloom stalk, which is actually a pseudobulb commonly called a cane."
- 2 a solid bulblike enlargement of the stem of some orchids wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Remove only dead flowers, not the living bloom stalk, which is actually a pseudobulb commonly called a cane."
Etymology
From pseudo- + bulb.