Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown. · The medulla oblongata. · Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end. · A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape).
Etymology tree Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós)bor. Latin bulbusder. English bulb Inherited from Middle English bulb, bolbe, from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).
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