n.
- a rounded underground storage organ present in lilies and some other plants, consisting of a short stem surrounded by fleshy leaf bases and lying dormant over winter.
- short for light bulb.
- an expanded or rounded part at the end of something.
- a hollow container from which air can be expelled by squeezing, used to fill a syringe, pipette, etc.
Etymology
ME: via L. from Gk bolbos ‘onion, bulbous root’.