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| camas |
any of various North American plants of the lily family that bear clusters of blue or white flowers and have a sweet edible bulb. [1/2 definitions] |
| garlic |
a perennial plant related to the onion and grown for its strong-smelling, distinctive-tasting bulb. [1/3 definitions] |
| globe |
a more or less spherical object, such as a round fishbowl or the glass of a light bulb. [1/6 definitions] |
| leek |
a plant related to the onion that has broad green leaves and a fleshy, white, cylindrical bulb. |
| photoflash |
a glass bulb attached to a camera that flashes brilliantly for a moment when triggered electrically, to illuminate the subject being photographed; flash bulb. |
| pound2 |
a unit of weight equal to sixteen ounces or 453.592 grams in the avoirdupois weight system, and equal to twelve ounces or 373.242 grams in the apothecaries' and troy weight systems. (abbr.: lb.) [1/4 definitions] |
| sea onion |
the bulb of this plant, or a medicinal powder derived from this bulb. [1/2 definitions] |
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