[bʌlb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rounded underground storage organ present in some plants, notably those of the lily family, consisting of a short stem surrounded by fleshy scale leaves or leaf bases, lying dormant over winter
(e.g: bulbs are in the garden centre now so plan ahead for the spring)

- a light bulb
(e.g: each string of lights includes six bulbs)

- an expanded part of a glass tube such as that forming the reservoir of a thermometer


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek bolbos ‘onion, bulbous root’