Bulbs - cucumber

Japanese: 球根 - きゅうこん

A horticultural term for the spherical underground reproductive organs of perennial plants, including the following varieties (→ potatoes): (1) bulb: A short underground stem with fleshy, fleshy scale leaves that store nutrients and are tightly attached around it. As in lilies and tulips. (2) tuber: An underground stem that swells and produces buds here and there. As in potatoes. (3) corm; solid bulb: A stem that becomes spherical at the base and produces thin leaf sheaths that are the result of bud transformation. As in gladiolus and water chestnuts. (4) tuberous root: A root that stores nutrients and swells. As in dahlias. (5) pseudobulb: A leaf stalk or short branch that swells and envelops the stem. As in cattleyas. (6) rhizome: A horizontally creeping underground stem with nodes. As in cannas.

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Japanese:

多年草の地下に生じる球状の栄養増殖器官の園芸上の総称で，次のような各種のものを含む (→芋 ) 。 (1) 鱗茎　 bulb　短い地下茎の周囲に養分をたくわえて多肉化した鱗片葉が密着するもの。ユリ，チューリップなど。 (2) 塊茎　 tuber　地下茎が肥大し，ところどころに芽をつけるもの。ジャガイモなど。 (3) 球茎　 corm; solid bulb　茎の基部が球状になり，その芽が変態した薄い葉鞘をつけるもの。グラジオラス，クワイなど。 (4) 塊根　 tuberous root　根に養分がたくわえられ肥大したもの。ダリアなど。 (5) 偽鱗茎　 pseudobulb　葉柄や短枝が肥大して茎を包むもの。カトレヤなど。 (6) 根茎　 rhizome　横にはう地下茎で節があるもの。カンナなど。

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