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bulbil

bulbil noun: a bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil.

Noun

bulbil (plural bulbils)

  1. A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil.
    Synonyms:
    bulbel, bulblet
  2. A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.

bulbil meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

bulbil in Tamil

குமிழம், பல்பில், சிறுகுமிழ், கரளை, வசுனகம்

bulbil in Tagalog

bulb-shaped bud
bulaksuloy

Synonyms of bulbil

Forms of bulbil

pluralbulbils

Origin of bulbil

From Spanish bulbillo, from the diminutive form of Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Words formed from bulbil

Questions about bulbil

What does bulbil mean?
Bulbil means a bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil.
What is bulbil in Tamil?
Bulbil in Tamil is குமிழம், பல்பில், சிறுகுமிழ். See Bulbil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bulbil?
Bulbil is a noun.
What is the plural of bulbil?
The plural of bulbil is bulbils.

Words near bulbil in the dictionary

  1. bulbi
  2. bulbi oculi
  3. bulbi oculorum
  4. bulbiferous
  5. bulbiform
  6. bulbil
  7. bulbils
  8. bulbing
  9. bulbings
  10. bulbitis
  11. bulbless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bulbil (page history and authors); bulbil (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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