Shallot bulbs

A bulb is an underground vertical shoot that has modified leaves (or thickened leaf bases) that are used as food storage organs by a dormant plant. The term shallot is used to describe two different Allium species of plant Shoots are new plant growth they can include stems, flowering stems with flower buds leaves In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an A storage organ is a part of a Plant specifically modified for storage of Energy (generally in the form of Carbohydrates or Water. Dormancy is a period in an organism's life cycle when growth development and (in animals physical activity is temporarily suspended Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae.

A bulb's leaf bases generally do not support leaves, but contain food reserves to enable the plant to survive adverse conditions. The leaf bases may resemble scales, or they may overlap and surround the center of the bulb as with the onion. A modified stem forms the base of the bulb, and plant growth occurs from this basal plate. A stem is one of two main structural axes of a Vascular plant. Roots emerge from the underside of the base, and new stems and leaves from the upper side. ROOT is an object-oriented program and library developed by CERN.

Other types of storage organs (such as corms, rhizomes, and tubers) are sometimes erroneously referred to as bulbs. A corm is a short vertical swollen underground Plant stem that serves as a Storage organ used by some plants to survive winter or other adverse conditions In Botany, a rhizome is a horizontal stem of a Plant that is usually found underground often sending out Roots and Shoots Tubers are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store Nutrients They are used by Plants to overwinter and regrow the next year The correct term for plants that form underground storage organs, including bulbs as well as tubers and corms, is geophyte. Tubers are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store Nutrients They are used by Plants to overwinter and regrow the next year A corm is a short vertical swollen underground Plant stem that serves as a Storage organ used by some plants to survive winter or other adverse conditions A storage organ is a part of a Plant specifically modified for storage of Energy (generally in the form of Carbohydrates or Water. Some epiphytic orchids (family Orchidaceae) form above-ground storage organs called pseudobulbs, that superficially resemble bulbs. An epiphyte is an organism that grows upon or attaches to a living plant The pseudobulb is a Storage organ derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes

Plants that form true bulbs are all monocotyledons, and include:

• Onion, garlic, and other alliums, family Alliaceae. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Monocotyledons or monocots are one of two major groups of Flowering plants (angiosperms that are traditionally recognised the other being Dicotyledons Organicsalsajpg||thumb|right|Onions used in salsa.]]Cooked onions in frying pan Allium sativum L, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the Onion family Alliaceae. Allium is the Onion Genus, with about 1250 Species, making it one of the largest plant genera in the world Alliaceae is a family of herbaceous perennial Flowering plants.
• Lily, tulip, and many other members of the lily family Liliaceae. Tulipa, commonly called tulip, is a Genus of about 150 species of bulbous Flowering plants in the family Liliaceae. The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of Monocotyledons in the order Liliales.
• Amaryllis, Hippeastrum, Narcissus, and several other members of the amaryllis family Amaryllidaceae. Amaryllis is a monotypic (only one species Genus of plant also known as the Belladonna Lily or naked ladies. Hippeastrum is a Genus of about 70&ndash75 species and 600+ hybrids and cultivars of Bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to tropical Amaryllidaceae is the Botanical name of a family of Flowering plants.
• Two groups of Iris species, family Iridaceae: subgenus Xiphium (the "Dutch" irises) and subgenus Hermodactyloides (the miniature "rock garden" irises). Iridaceae is a family of plants in Order Asparagales, taking its name from the Irises.

Bulbil

Some lilies form small bulbs, called bulbils in their leaf axils. In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. Several members of the onion family, Alliaceae, including Allium sativum (garlic), form bulbils in their flower heads, sometimes as the flowers fade, or even instead of the flowers. Allium sativum L, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the Onion family Alliaceae. The so-called Tree onion (Allium cepa var. Tree onions are a strong-growing Onion with a bunch of bulblets where a normal onion would have flowers proliferum) forms small onions which are large enough for pickling. Pickling, also known as brining or corning, is the process of preserving Food by Anaerobic fermentation in Brine (a solution

Some ferns, such as Hen and Chicken Fern grow offshoots on top of their fronds, which are also referred to as bulbils. Mother Spleenwort ( Asplenium bulbiferum) is a fern species native to New Zealand.

Wild garlic (Allium vineale) bulbils sprouting

Tree onions form clusters of small bulbs instead of flowers

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