Bulb

Definition:

• (n.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.
• (n.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
• (n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc.
• (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

Compare bulb with other words:

bulb vs. globe

blub vs. bulb

bub vs. bulb

bulb vs. bulk

bulb vs. bull

bulb vs. bulblet

bulb vs. bulbel

bulb vs. bulbed

bulb vs. lamb

bud vs. bulb

bubble vs. bulb

ball vs. bulb

bulb vs. tuber

bulb vs. corm

bulb vs. stalk

bulb vs. root

bulb vs. tulipomania

bulb vs. jonquil

bulb vs. spore

bulb vs. scallion

bulb vs. dibber

bulb vs. dib

bulb vs. fennel

bulb vs. starch

bulb vs. clove

bulb vs. leek

bulb vs. swell

bulb vs. bulbous

bulb vs. bulbiferous

bulb vs. protuberance

bulb vs. turbulence

bulb vs. onion

bulb vs. garlic

bulb vs. set

bulb vs. stem