bulbiln.
/ˈbʌlbɪl/, U.S. /ˈbəlbəl/ 1. A small bulb formed at the side of an old one.
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1884 J. E. Taylor Sagacity of Plants 190 Whenever excess of food-materials have been elaborated we get bulbils (or buds from the bulbs).
2. A small solid or scaly bud, which detaches itself from the stem, becoming an independent plant.
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1831 W. Macgillivray tr. A. Richard Elem. Bot. 110.
1848 Forbes Brit. Medusae 86 The buds..are thrown off like the bulbels of certain plants.
1863 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (1873) 138 The axillary bulbels of Bulbiferous Toothcress.
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