bulbel
/ˈbʌlbəl/
noun
- A small bulb that grows from a larger bulb, used by plants to reproduce.
- The gardener separated the bulbel from the mother bulb to plant it in a new pot.
- When digging up tulips, you may find tiny bulbels attached to the main bulb.
- Each bulbel can grow into a full-sized flowering plant within a year or two.