What is another word for bulbs?

Pronunciation: [bˈʌlbz] (IPA)

Bulbs are commonly known as the underground storage organs of plants, which are used for the propagation and reproduction of many types of plants. However, there are several other synonyms for bulbs that you might come across while reading or talking about botany. Some common synonyms for bulbs include corms, rhizomes, tubers, and runners. Corms are similar to bulbs but have a solid core, while rhizomes are horizontal, underground stems that produce roots and shoots. Tubers are also underground storage organs, but they are used for storing food, such as potatoes. Finally, runners are horizontal stems that grow above ground, sprouting new plants at different points along their length.

What are the paraphrases for Bulbs?

Paraphrases are restatements of text or speech using different words and phrasing to convey the same meaning.
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
- highest relevancy
- medium relevancy
- lowest relevancy

What are the hypernyms for Bulbs?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Bulbs

As Jane walked through an arch leading to the pear orchard, she saw that Dick was giving instructions to one of the gardeners; a small sack of bulbs lay at their feet.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Helpers leaned over them with wire-enclosed electric bulbs, lighting up the faces of the chief actors as in a theatre.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
She had a wide porch and a big lawn which she decorated for the occasion with strings of pink, yellow and green Japanese lanterns with electric bulbs inside.
"Entertaining Made Easy"
Emily Rose Burt

Famous quotes with Bulbs

  • I come from Montana, and in eastern Montana we have a lot of dirt between light bulbs. It is expensive trying to bring the new technologies to smaller schools to upgrade their technologies to take advantage of distance learning.
    Conrad Burns
  • My latest works are these things with light bulbs.
    Jim Hodges
  • I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such as tees and small glass bulbs.
    Robert B. Laughlin
  • Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen.
    Ella Maillart
  • Let's make it clear for the dimmest bulbs among you: the kids at Columbine High didn't die from too many guns, they died from too few. I'm not suggesting that the teachers should have carried guns — not as franchised agents of the state. They should have carried guns as ordinary individuals, exercising a sacred right, and in performance of a solemn duty to protect the young lives that were placed — very foolishly, as it turned out — in their hands.
    L. Neil Smith

Word of the Day

non-administrative
The word "non-administrative" means not pertaining to management or administrative functions. The antonyms for this term are words that have the opposite meaning, which can include...