Planteome: Term Details for "bulb" (PO:0025356)

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Term Information

Accession: PO:0025356
Name: bulb
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: bulbo (Spanish, exact), 球根、鱗茎 (Japanese, exact), bulblet (narrow), diaspore (broad)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A short, enlarged shoot system (PO:0009006) that has as parts a short stem (PO:0009047) in which the shoot internodes (PO:0005005) do not elongate, and one or more buds (PO:0000055) enclosed by fleshy leaves (PO:0009025) or leaf bases (PO:0020040). Source: ISBN:9780881928501
Comment: May serve as a storage and/or perennating organ. Usually underground. A bulb differs from a corm (PO:0025355) by having fleshy leaves or leaf bases. The outer leaves of a bulb are often dry and membranous, rather than fleshy. May bear adventitious roots. Examples include Alium and Tulipa. Not the same structure as a bulbil.
Subset: None
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BFO:0000002 continuant
BFO:0000001 entity
BFO:0000004 independent continuant
BFO:0000040 material entity
PO:0025131 plant anatomical entity
PO:0009011 plant structure
PO:0025497 collective plant structure
PO:0025007 collective plant organ structure
PO:0009006 shoot system
PO:0025356 bulb

Parents of bulb (PO:0025356)

subject	relation	object
bulb	is_a	shoot system (PO:0009006)

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PO_GIT: 173