Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little bulb; a bulblet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A small bulb; a bulblet.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A small bulb; a bulblet.

Etymologies

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Latin bulbulus, diminutive of bulbus. See bulb.

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Examples

  • It is multiplied the same as multiplier onions -- the bulb is broken apart and each bulbule or "clove" makes a new compound bulb in a few weeks.

    Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

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