noun
- small bulbs or bulb-like structures that develop on plants, often used for reproduction
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The lily produced several bulbils along its stem.
- Gardeners can plant these bulbils to grow new plants.
- Some onions develop bulbils instead of flowers.
- The bulbils fell to the ground and took root naturally.
- Tiger lilies are known for their distinctive black bulbils.
- She carefully collected the bulbils for propagation.