WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!

	Enter your search terms Submit search form
	Web www.wordnet-online.com

Definitions from WordNet

Definitions from the Web

Term: bulbils

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense(s):

1. In botany, small buds that develop on the stem or in the leaf axils of certain plants, serving as a means of propagating the plant.

2. In anatomy, small rounded masses of tissue, resembling a bulb, found in some organs.

Examples:

1. The lilies in my garden reproduce not only by bulb division but also by producing bulbils.

2. The bulbils formed on the stem of the potato plant will eventually grow into new potato plants.

3. Certain orchid species produce bulbils that detach from the parent plant to establish new growth.

Sentences:

1. When the stem of the garlic plant breaks, small bulbils are formed as a measure of survival.

2. The plant's bulbils can be removed and replanted to propagate new individuals.

3. Bulbils or bulblets function as a method of asexual reproduction in certain plants.

Related Products:

Flower Bulbs

Plant Propagation Tools