# Bulb

By [Rahul raj](https://paragraph.com/@rahul-raj) · 2023-04-07

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In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases\[1\] that function as food storage organs during dormancy. (In gardening, plants with other kinds of storage organ are also called "ornamental bulbous plants" or just "bulbs".

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