Bulb (disambiguation)

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A bulbous plant is one that possesses a bulb. Bulb may refer to

• Bulb (in strict botanical use), a storage organ of a plant made up of fleshy leaf bases
• Ornamental bulb (in gardening or horticulture), any one of a number of different kinds of underground or near ground storage organs which can be dried and from which an ornamental plant can be grown

Other meanings of bulb are:

• Light bulb, a source of electric lighting
• Flashbulb, a bright, rapid light bulb
• Bulb (photography), a shutter setting
• Bulbous bow, a protruding bulb at the bow below the waterline
• Bulb keel, a term in naval architecture
• Bulb Records, a record label
• Bulbs (song), a 1974 song by Van Morrison
• Bulb, of brain, a historical term referring to the medulla oblongata
• BULB Act, a U.S. House bill sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton and others in 2011

• As an abbreviation, "Bulb" is short for the orchid genus Bulbophyllum.

See also

• Bulbus (disambiguation), generally referring to bulb-shaped objects.

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