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  • verb Present participle of bulb.

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Examples

  • CHICO -- Although temporary intersection "bulbing" at East First and Oleander Avenues was expected to be in place until late spring, a report to the Internal Affairs Committee indicates the traffic barriers will be removed by the end of the month.

    Local News By TONI SCOTT - Staff Writer 2010

  • CHICO -- Although temporary intersection "bulbing" at East First and Oleander Avenues was expected to be in place until late spring, a report to the Internal Affairs Committee indicates the traffic barriers will be removed by the end of the month.

    Local News 2010

  • Looking away, then straight on rushing water at him, his bulbing eyes.

    Anti-microbial Love Meg Pokrass 2011

  • Their relative, the kohlrabi, is bulbing up nicely and will be ready for the table by the end of the month.

    Groundwork: Planting that rises above 2010

  • Well into the season, the onions at Green Spring Gardens are bulbing well.

    Groundwork: The dirt on onions 2010

  • Bunching onions can be harvested from November on, the large bulbing varieties such as Walla Walla are allowed to develop for harvesting the following summer.

    Groundwork: The dirt on onions 2010

  • “Elephant garlic” is actually a bulbing variety of leek, with a milder flavor, and “wild garlic” yet another species, A. ursinum.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • “Elephant garlic” is actually a bulbing variety of leek, with a milder flavor, and “wild garlic” yet another species, A. ursinum.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • If you plant too soon while daily temperatures are increasing they may go into bulbing mode and split rather than flower.

    2: Vegetables and small fruits in the tropics 1996

  • If you plant too soon while daily temperatures are increasing they may go into bulbing mode and split rather than flower.

    Chapter 24 1996

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