Part 1456

<hw>Buk"shish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Backsheesh</er>.</def>

<h1>Bulau</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bu"lau</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An East Indian insectivorous mammal (<spn>Gymnura Rafflesii</spn>), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.</def>

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<h1>Bulb</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bulbus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>bulbe</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a <i>bud</i>, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a <i>corm</i> in not being solid.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; <as>as, the <ex>bulb</ex> of the aorta</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Bulb of the eye</col>, <cd>the eyeball.</cd> -- <col>Bulb of a hair</col>, <cd>the "root," or part whence the hair originates.</cd> -- <col>Bulb of the spinal cord</col>, <cd>the <i>medulla oblongata<i>, often called simply <i>bulb<i>.</cd> -- <col>Bulb of a tooth</col>, <cd>the vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth.</cd></cs>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc.</def>

<i>Tomlinson.</i>

<h1>Bulb</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulb</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.</def>

<h1>Bulbaceous</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul*ba"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bulbaceus</ets>. See <er>Bulb</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Bulbous.</def>

<i>Jonson.</i>

<h1>Bulbar</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulb"ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or <i>medulla oblongata</i>; <as>as, <ex>bulbar</ex> paralysis</as>.</def>

<h1>Bulbed</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulbed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a bulb; round-headed.</def>

<h1>Bulbel</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulb"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim., fr. <ets>bulb</ets>, n.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants.</def>

<h1>Bulbiferous</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul*bif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bulb</ets>,<tt>n.</tt>+ <ets>-ferous</ets>: cf. F. <ets>bulbif\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Producing bulbs.</def>

<h1>Bulblet</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulb"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bulb</ets>,<tt>n.</tt>+ <ets>-let</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some a\'89rial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.</def>

<h1>Bulbose</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul*bose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bulbous.</def>

<h1>Bulbo-tuber</h1> <Xpage=190>