Pseudobulb

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a solid bulblike enlargement of the stem of some orchids wordnet

Example

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"Remove only dead flowers, not the living bloom stalk, which is actually a pseudobulb commonly called a cane."

Etymology

From pseudo- + bulb.

Related phrases

leaf node

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