bulbletn.
/ˈbʌlblɪt/ a. = bulbil n. 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [noun] > bulbil or bulblet
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1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. p. xv Bulblets are small aerial buds..borne in the axils of the leaves, as in the Bulb-bearing Lily.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. ii. 117 Called Aerial bulbs..or bulbils or bulblets.
b. = bulbil n. 1.
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the world > plants > part of plant > bulb > [noun] > small or secondary bulb
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1890 in Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1904 Daily Chron. 7 Oct. 8/1 By-and-by little bulblets begin to form—sometimes as many as thirty..growing from the one source.
1933 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 58 16 Clusters of bulblets formed round the base of the parent bulb.
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