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Bulb Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bulb? [n] a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end); "the bulb of a syringe" [n] electric lamp consisting of a glass bulb containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated [n] a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ [n] lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata); "the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning" [n] a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bulb: electric light \| electric-light bulb \| incandescent lamp \| light bulb \| lightbulb \| medulla \| medulla oblongata Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bulb: ball \| balloon \| bilge \| bladder \| blain \| bleb \| blister \| blob \| boll \| bolus \| boss \| bow \| bubble \| bulbil \| bulblet \| bulge \| bulla \| bump \| bunch \| burl \| button \| cahot \| chine \| clump \| condyle \| convex \| corm \| dowel \| ear \| ellipsoid \| flange \| flap \| gall \| geoid \| globe \| globelet \| globoid \| globule \| glomerulus \| gnarl \| gob \| gobbet \| handle \| hill \| hump \| hunch \| jog \| joggle \| knob \| knot \| knur \| knurl \| lip \| loop \| lump \| mole \| mountain \| nevus \| nub \| nubbin \| nubble \| oblate spheroid \| orb \| orbit \| orblet \| papilloma \| peg \| pellet \| prolate spheroid \| radicle \| radix \| rhizome \| rib \| ridge \| ring \| rondure \| root \| rootstock \| shoulder \| sphere \| spheroid \| spherule \| spine \| stud \| style \| tab \| tap \| taproot \| tuber \| tubercle \| tubercule \| verruca \| vesicle \| wale \| wart \| welt See Also \| anatomical structure \| bodily structure \| body structure \| bulbil \| bulblet \| complex body part \| electric lamp \| filament \| hindbrain \| mercury thermometer \| mercury-in-glass thermometer \| neural structure \| onion \| part \| portion \| respiratory center \| rhombencephalon \| shallot \| squill \| stalk \| stem \| structure \| syringe Bulb In Webster's Dictionary \Bulb\ (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo`s: cf. F. bulbe.] 1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid. 2. (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta. {Bulb of the eye}, the eyeball. {Bulb of a hair}, the ``root,'' or part whence the hair originates. {Bulb of the spinal cord}, the medulla oblongata, often called simply bulb. {Bulb of a tooth}, the vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth. 3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. --Tomlinson. \Bulb\, v. i. To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

Bulb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bulb?

[n] a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end); "the bulb of a syringe"
[n] electric lamp consisting of a glass bulb containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated
[n] a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
[n] lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata); "the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning"
[n] a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure

Bulb In Webster's Dictionary

\Bulb\ (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo`s: cf. F.
bulbe.]
1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above
   or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a
   bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed
   leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and
   roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from
   a corm in not being solid.

2. (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape
   certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.

{Bulb of the eye}, the eyeball.

{Bulb of a hair}, the ``root,'' or part whence the hair
   originates.

{Bulb of the spinal cord}, the medulla oblongata, often
   called simply bulb.

{Bulb of a tooth}, the vascular and nervous papilla contained
   in the cavity of the tooth.

3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the
   bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as
   spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. --Tomlinson.


\Bulb\, v. i.
To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

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