Noun

1. Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end
2. A light bulb
3. The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265c.

     the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs.

Related terms

• bulbiferous
• bulbil
• bulbous
• light bulb
• flash bulb
• tulip bulb