stem bulb (Q11480)
A thickened underground perennating structure consisting of a stem with numerous closely proximate nodes bearing many tightly imbricate, thickened, often fleshy, foliaceous organs containing large amounts of stored food, usually in the form of starch; the whole usually enveloped and protected by imbricated scarious or fibrous foliaceous organs.
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stem bulb
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A thickened underground perennating structure consisting of a stem with numerous closely proximate nodes bearing many tightly imbricate, thickened, often fleshy, foliaceous organs containing large amounts of stored food, usually in the form of starch; the whole usually enveloped and protected by imbricated scarious or fibrous foliaceous organs.
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