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Definition of Bulbils
1. bulbil [n] - See also: bulbil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulbils
Literary usage of Bulbils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1884)
"flowers few, bulbils very many, pedicels sometimes proliferous. Dorset and
Cornwall, 't wild; Roundstone and Great Aran Is., Ireland. SECTION 2. ..."
2. The Book of the Lily by William Goldring (1905)
"Increase by bulbils.—A few Lilies, notably L. tigrinum and some of its varieties, L.
bulbiferum, L. Henryi, and L. sulphureum produce small bulbils in the ..."
3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner Von Marilaun (1902)
"One (Lilium croceum), occurring especially in the Pyrenees and South of France,
almost always ripens fruits and forms no bulbils in its leaf-axils. ..."
4. Proceedings by Bristol Naturalists' Society (1876)
"I then ascertained that Mr. Mapplebeck had already observed tbe same phenomenon,
and raised plants from similar bulbils, which appeared identical in ..."
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