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BULB

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a kind of large bud, generally produced under the ground, upon or near the root of certain herbaceous plants, hence denominated bulbous. See ANATOMY, VEGETABLE.

BULBUTÆ, in Grecian Antiquity, were magistrates answering to the decurions among the Romans. See DECURIO.