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pseudobulb

pseudobulb noun: a storage organ in orchids, derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes.

Noun

pseudobulb (plural pseudobulbs)

  1. A storage organ in orchids, derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes.
    • Remove only dead flowers, not the living bloom stalk, which is actually a pseudobulb commonly called a cane.2007 February 8, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015

pseudobulb meaning in Tamil

pseudobulb in Tamil

பாலிக்குமிழ் தண்டு, போலிக்குமிழ், குமிழிப்போலி

Forms of pseudobulb

pluralpseudobulbs

Origin of pseudobulb

From pseudo- + bulb.

Words formed from pseudobulb

Questions about pseudobulb

What does pseudobulb mean?
Pseudobulb means a storage organ in orchids, derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes.
What is pseudobulb in Tamil?
Pseudobulb in Tamil is பாலிக்குமிழ் தண்டு, போலிக்குமிழ், குமிழிப்போலி. See Pseudobulb meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pseudobulb?
Pseudobulb is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudobulb?
The plural of pseudobulb is pseudobulbs.

Words near pseudobulb in the dictionary

  1. pseudobreccias
  2. pseudobrookite
  3. pseudobubo
  4. pseudobuboes
  5. pseudobubos
  6. pseudobulb
  7. pseudobulbar
  8. pseudobulbar affect
  9. pseudobulbil
  10. pseudobulbils
  11. pseudobulbous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudobulb (page history and authors); pseudobulb (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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