bulb
/bʌlb/ · noun
Meaning
- Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
- A light bulb.
- The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
- A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
- The medulla oblongata.
- To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
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