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bulbil|ˈbʌlbɪl|
Also bulbel.
[ad. mod.L. bulbillus dim. of bulb-us.]
a. A small bulb formed at the side of an old one.
b. A small solid or scaly bud, which detaches itself from the stem, becoming an independent plant.
1831Macgillivray tr. Richard's Bot. 110. 1848 Forbes Brit. Medusae 86 The buds..are thrown off like the bulbels of certain plants. 1863Oliver Less. Bot. (1873) 138 The axillary bulbels of Bulbiferous Toothcress. 1884J. E. Taylor Sagacity & Mor. Plants 190 Whenever excess of food-materials have been elaborated we get bulbils (or buds from the bulbs). |