Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little bulb; a bulblet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small bulb; a bulblet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
bulb ; abulblet .
Etymologies
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Latin bulbulus, diminutive of bulbus. See bulb.
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Examples
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It is multiplied the same as multiplier onions -- the bulb is broken apart and each bulbule or "clove" makes a new compound bulb in a few weeks.
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