Bulb

Meaning

Noun

●

An onion.

●

The bulb-shaped

of a

such as a

, from which the

of the

may be regrown.

●

In Neuroanatomy:

The

oblongata.

●

Any

end and

on the other,

to a

at the

end.

A

(not

in shape).

●

In Nautical:

A

at the

of certain

to reduce turbulence.

Verb

●

To take the

of a

; to swell.

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Origin

bulb

English

bulbe

Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

bulbus

Latin

βολβός

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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