bulbed

/bʌlbd/

Thân thiện

The gardener planted bulbed flowers in the spring garden.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a bulb: Describes something that possesses or is characterized by a bulb, which is a rounded underground storage organ present in some plants.
   • Bulb-shaped: Describes something that has the rounded, swollen shape typical of a bulb.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The garden featured many bulbed plants like tulips and daffodils.
  • The lamp had a bulbed base that fit perfectly into the ornate holder.

Advanced Usage

• Botanical Context: In botany, "bulbed" is a technical term used to classify plants that grow from bulbs.
  • True lilies are bulbed perennials, meaning they regrow from their bulb each spring.
• Descriptive Use: Can be used metaphorically or descriptively for objects that resemble the shape of a bulb.
  • The glassblower created a vase with a beautifully bulbed center.

Variants and Related Words

• Bulb (n): The rounded underground plant organ or a rounded part of an object.
  • Plant the bulb in the autumn for spring flowers.
• Bulbous (adj): Shaped like a bulb; swollen and rounded. This is a more common synonym.
  • He had a bulbous nose.

Synonyms

• Bulbous: Having the shape of a bulb.
• Cormous: Having or growing from a corm (a similar but different type of storage organ).

Antonyms

• Tuberous: Having or growing from a tuber (a different type of thickened underground stem, like a potato).
• Fibrous: Having a root system composed of many thin roots, not a single bulb.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having a bulb