bulbil

1. A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil.
2. A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.

Etymology

From Spanish bulbillo, from the diminutive form of Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Synonyms

bulblet

bulb

💡

onion

🧅

gemma

spheroblast

offset bulb

Translations

bulbillo

βολβός

bulbille

caïeu

cayeu

Brutzwiebel

bulbillo

bulbille