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What is a Plant or Flowering Bulb?

By Marie Iannotti, About.com

Definition: A flattened underground stem with fleshy, scale-like food storing leaf bases surrounding a center bud. The stem and leaves are not usually recognizable as such or often thought of in that way, but that is their function.
Also Known As: Corms, tubers and rhizomes are often grouped in with bulbs.
Examples:
Examples of plant bulbs are onions and other alliums and lilies.

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