daffodil bulb

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• bulb — [ bʌlb ] noun count * 1. ) the part of a plant that is shaped like an onion from which a flower grows. You plant bulbs in the ground: daffodil bulbs 2. ) a LIGHT BULB …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• daffodil — /daf euh dil/, n. 1. a bulbous plant, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, of the amaryllis family, having solitary, yellow, nodding flowers that bloom in the spring. 2. (formerly) any plant of the genus Narcissus. 3. clear yellow; canary. adj. 4. of the… …   Universalium

• bulb — noun 1 part of an electric lamp ADJECTIVE ▪ electric ▪ light ▪ 100 watt, 60 watt, etc. ▪ bare, naked …   Collocations dictionary

• daffodil — [16] Originally, this word was affodil, and referred to a plant of the lily family, the asphodel; it came from medieval Latin affodillus, and the reason for the change from asph (or asf , as it often was in medieval texts) to aff is probably that …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• daffodil — [16] Originally, this word was affodil, and referred to a plant of the lily family, the asphodel; it came from medieval Latin affodillus, and the reason for the change from asph (or asf , as it often was in medieval texts) to aff is probably that …   Word origins

• bulb */ — UK [bʌlb] / US noun [countable] Word forms bulb : singular bulb plural bulbs 1) a light bulb 2) the part of a plant that is shaped like an onion from which a flower grows. You plant bulbs in the ground daffodil bulbs …   English dictionary

• bulb — [[t]bʌlb[/t]] n. 1) bot a) a swollen, usu. underground stem having fleshy scalelike leaves that contain stored food, as in the onion or daffodil b) a plant growing from such a stem 2) any round, enlarged part, esp. at the end of a cylindrical… …   From formal English to slang

• bulb — n. 1 a an underground fleshy leaved storage organ of some plants (e.g. lily, onion) sending roots downwards and leaves upwards. b a plant grown from this, e.g. a daffodil. 2 = light bulb (see LIGHT(1)). 3 any object or part shaped like a bulb.… …   Useful english dictionary

• daffodil — noun Daffodil is used before these nouns: ↑bulb …   Collocations dictionary

• bulb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knob, globe; tuber, corm; lamp. See convexity, vegetable, light, rotundity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. globe, globule, ball, knob, nodule, corn, nub, tuber, bulbil, tubercle, corm, protuberance, head,… …   English dictionary for students

• The Daffodil Festival — Date(s) 1926 present Location(s) Pierce County, Washington Years active …   Wikipedia