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Bulb

This article is about bulbs as defined botanically. For bulbs in the wider gardening sense, see Ornamental bulbous plant. For other uses, see Bulb (disambiguation).
Shallot bulbs
Hippeastrum (amaryllis) bulb

In botany, a bulb is a short underground stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases[1] that function as food storage organs during dormancy. In gardening, plants with other kinds of storage organ are also called ornamental bulbous plants or just bulbs.

  1. ^ Bell, A.D. 1997. Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

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