pseudobulb en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From pseudo- + bulb.
Meanings
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A storage organ in orchids, derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes.
Remove only dead flowers, not the living bloom stalk, which is actually a pseudobulb commonly called a cane.
2007 February 8, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pseudobulbs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (4)
fi varsimukula (storage organ in orchids) · fr pseudo-bulbe (storage organ in orchids) · cmn 假鳞茎 (storage organ in orchids) · fr pseudobulbe (storage organ in orchids)