'Bulblet' definitions:
Definition of 'bulblet'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers [syn: bulbil, bulblet]
Definition of 'Bulblet'
From: GCIDE
- Bulblet \Bulb"let\, n. [Bulb,n.+ -let.] (Bot.) A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some a["e]rial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bulblet'
From: GCIDE
- Bulbil \Bulb"il\, n. [Dim. fr. bulb.]
- 1. (Bot.) A small or secondary bulb; hence, now almost exclusively: An a["e]rial bulb or deciduous bud, produced in the leaf axils, as in the tiger lily, or relpacing the flowers, as in some onions, and capable, when separated, of propagating the plant; -- called also bulblet and brood bud. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. (Anat.) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]