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noun(bulb)a resting stage of a plant (such as the lily, onion, hyacinth, or tulip) that is usually formed underground and consists of a short stem base bearing one or more buds enclosed in overlapping membranous or fleshy leaves
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noun(bulb)a fleshy structure (such as a tuber or corm) resembling a bulb in appearance
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noun(bulb)a plant having or developing from a bulb
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noun(bulb)dimwit
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noun(bulb)an electric lamp: such as
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noun(bulb)one in which a filament gives off light when heated to incandescence by an electric current —called also incandescent, incandescent lamp
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noun(bulb)fluorescent lamp
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noun(bulb)a bulbous anterior projection of the olfactory lobe that is the place of termination of the olfactory nerves and is especially well developed in lower vertebrates (such as fishes)
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idiom(bulb)—used to say that a person suddenly understands something or has a great idea
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noun(bulb)a light bulb whose light is produced by the glow of a wire heated by an electric current
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noun(bulb)one that bastes food during cooking; especially : a utensil that consists of a tube with a bulb at one end that draws in and ejects liquid for basting food