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bulb  (blb)

n.

1. Botany

a. A short, modified, underground stem surrounded by usually fleshy modified leaves that contain stored food for the shoot within: an onion bulb; a tulip bulb.

b. A similar underground stem or root, such as a corm, rhizome, or tuber.

c. A plant that grows from a bulb.

2. A rounded projection or part: the bulb of a syringe.

3. An incandescent lamp or its glass housing.

4. Anatomy A rounded dilation or expansion of a canal, vessel, or organ.

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[Latin bulbus, from Greek bolbos, bulbous plant.]

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bulb [bʌlb]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a rounded organ of vegetative reproduction in plants such as the tulip and onion: a flattened stem bearing a central shoot surrounded by fleshy nutritive inner leaves and thin brown outer leaves Compare corm

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a plant, such as a hyacinth or daffodil, that grows from a bulb

3. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) See light bulb

4. (Engineering / General Engineering) a rounded part of an instrument such as a syringe or thermometer

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy a rounded expansion of a cylindrical organ or part, such as the medulla oblongata

6. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Also called bulbous bow a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of a ship to reduce turbulence

[from Latin bulbus, from Greek bolbos onion]

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bulb  (blb)

A rounded underground storage organ that contains the shoot of a new plant. A bulb consists of a short stem surrounded by fleshy scales (modified leaves) that store nourishment for the new plant. Tulips, lilies, and onions grow from bulbs. Compare cormrhizomerunnertuber

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bulb - a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure onion - the bulb of an onion plant shallot - aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion squill - bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ bulbil, bulblet - small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers
	2.	bulb - electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity electric light, electric-light bulb, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb electric lamp - a lamp powered by electricity filament - a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
	3.	bulb - a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end); "the bulb of a syringe" mercury thermometer, mercury-in-glass thermometer - thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" syringe - a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
	4.	bulb - anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
	5.	bulb - lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata); "the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning" medulla oblongata, medulla neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous system brain stem, brain-stem, brainstem - the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus respiratory center - the center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles
	6.	bulb - a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"

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bulb

noun tuber, rhizome, corm a tulip bulb

Translations

bulb [bʌlb] N

1. (Bot) → bulbo m, camote m (Mex); [of garlic] → cabeza f

2. (Elec) → bombilla f, bombillo m (LAm), foco m (LAm)

3. [of thermometer] → cubeta f, ampolleta f

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bulb [ˈbʌlb] n

[plant] → bulbe m, oignon m

(= light fitting) → ampoule f

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bulb

n

→ Zwiebel f; (of garlic) → Knolle f

(Elec) → (Glüh)birne f

(of thermometer etc) → Kolben m

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bulb [bʌlb] n (Bot) (of thermometer) → bulbo (Elec) → lampadina

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bulb

n bulb [balb]

1 the ball-shaped part of the stem of certain plants, eg onions, tulips etc, from which their roots grow. bol بَصَلَه луковица cibule, cibulka løg die Zwiebel βολβός bulbo sibul پیاز sipuli bulbe פְּקַעַת बल्ब lukovica gumó umbi bulbo, tubero 球根 알뿌리 svogūnėlis (tulpes u.tml.) sīpols bebawang bol, bloembol (blomster)løk, knoll cebulka bolbo bulb луковица cibuľa čebulica lukovica []lök หัว (ของต้นไม้) çiçek soğanı 球莖 цибулина گانٹھ ، گنٹھی ، پیاز ہا لہسن کی طرح گول củ, thân (hành, tỏi) 球茎

2 (alsoˈlight bulb) a pear-shaped glass globe surrounding the element of an electric light. gloeilamp بُصَيْلَةُ المِصْباحِ الكَهْرَبائي крушка žárovka elektrisk pære die Glühbirne γλόμπος bombilla elektripirn لامپ hehkulamppu ampoule נוּרָה कन्द žarulja villanykörte, égő bola lampu lampadina 電球 전구 lemputė [] spuldze bulb lamp lyspære żarówka lâmpada bec лампочка žiarovka žarnica sijalica glödlampa หลอดไฟ ampul, elektrik ampulü 電燈泡 колба електричної лампи بجلی کا بلب bóng đèn 电灯泡

3 the pear-shaped end of a thermometer. peer بُصَيْلَةُ ميزانِ الحَرارَه сферично разширение на стъклена тръбичка baňka kugle die Kugel η στρογγυλή άκρη του θερμομέτρου cubeta termomeetri reservuaar بخش برآمدۀ حرارت سنج lämpömittarin pyöreä kärki cuvette דְמוּי פּקַעַת घुंडीदार हिस्सा vrh termometra üveggömb (hőmérőé) ujung termometer bulbo 温度計の球 (온도계 따위의) 구(球) termometro galiukas termometra bumbiņa bebuli bol kule końcówka termometru reservatório partea de jos a tubului unui termometru грушевидный кончик термометра banka bučka vrh termometra kula กระเปาะตรงปลายเทอร์โมมิเตอร์ baloncuk, hazne 水銀球 кулька термометра تھرما میٹر کا گول سرا bầu (nhiệt kế) 水银球

adj bulbous

like a bulb, especially in shape a bulbous nose. bolvormige بَصَليِّ الشَّكْل подут cibulovitý, baňatý løgformet; kugleformet knollig βολβοειδής bulboso sibuljas گرد و گوشتالو sipulimainen bulbeux, gros בּוּלבּוּסִי गोलाकार lukovičast gumós berbentuk bulat bulboso 球根のような 구근 모양의 svogūno pavidalo, svogūninis sīpolveidīgs hidung bulat bolvormig løk-/pære-/kuleformet bulwiasty volumoso bulbos; borcănat грушевидной формы cibuľovitý, baňatý krompirjast glavičast lökformig ซึ่งมีรูปร่างเป็นกระเปาะกลม şişkin, soğan gibi 球莖狀的 цибулеподібний ایک بلب کی طرح phồng ra 球茎状的

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bulb → بصلة النبات, لًحاء cibulka, žárovka blomsterløg, elektrisk pære Blumenzwiebel, Glühbirne βόλβος, λαμπτήρας bombilla, bulbo hehkulamppu, kasvisipuli ampoule, bulbe lukovica, žarulja bulbo, lampadina 球根, 電球 구근, 전구 bloembol, lichtpeertje (blomster)løk, lyspære cebulka, żarówka bolbo, bulbo, lâmpada луковица, электрическая лампочка glödlampa, lök หลอดไฟฟ้า, หัวของต้นไม้ ampul, soğan bóng đèn, củ 灯泡, 球茎