| NOUN | plant | bulb | a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure |
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| artifact | bulb, light bulb, lightbulb, incandescent lamp, electric light, electric-light bulb | electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity | |
| artifact | bulb | a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end) | |
| shape | bulb | anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop | |
| body | bulb, medulla oblongata, medulla | lower or hindmost part of the brain | |
| body | bulb | a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ |
| Sounds | bah'lb | |
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| Rhymes | flashbulb ... lightbulb: 3 rhymes with ahlb... | |
| Meaning | A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure. | |
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| Narrower | bulbil, bulblet | small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers |
| onion | The bulb of an onion plant | |
| shallot | Aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion | |
| squill | bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant | |
| Broader | stalk, stem | A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ |
| Spanish | bulbo | |
| Catalan | bulb | |
| Adjectives | bulbaceous | producing or growing from bulbs |
| bulbed | having a bulb / bulb / bulb | |
| Meaning | electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity. | |
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| Synonyms | light bulb, lightbulb, incandescent lamp, electric light, electric-light bulb | |
| Parts | filament | A thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current |
| Broader | electric lamp | A lamp powered by electricity |
| Spanish | ampolleta, bombilla, bombillo, lámpara de incandescencia, lámpara incandescente | |
| Catalan | bombeta, bulb, làmpada d'incandescència | |
| Meaning | A rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end). | |
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| Example | "the bulb of a syringe" | |
| Part of | mercury thermometer, mercury-in-glass thermometer | thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees ... / degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit |
| syringe | A medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids | |
| Broader | part, portion | Something less than the whole of a human artifact |
| Catalan | bulb | |
| Adjectives | bulbous | shaped like a bulb |
| Meaning | Anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop. | |
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| Broader | round shape | A shape that is curved and without sharp angles |
| Adjectives | bulblike | shaped like a bulb |
| Meaning | Lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; ('bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata). | |
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| Synonyms | medulla oblongata, medulla | |
| Part of | brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem | The part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus |
| Parts | respiratory center | The center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles |
| Broader | neural structure | A structure that is part of the nervous system |
| Spanish | bulbo raquídeo, medula oblonga, médula oblonga | |
| Catalan | bulb raquidi, medul·la oblonga | |
| Adjectives | bulbar | involving the medulla oblongata |
| Meaning | A rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ. | |
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| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
| Spanish | bulbo | |
| Catalan | bulb | |
| Adjectives | bulbous | curving outward |
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