Editing Bulb (section)

{{Short description|Short plant stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases for food storage and water}}
{{About|bulbs as defined botanically|bulbs in the wider gardening sense|Ornamental bulbous plant|other uses}}
[[File:Shallots-Whole.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Shallot]] bulbs]]
[[File:Amaryllisbulb.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''[[Hippeastrum]]'' (amaryllis) bulb]]

In [[botany]], a '''bulb''' is a short [[underground stem]] with fleshy [[leaf|leaves]] or leaf bases<ref>Bell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.</ref> that function as [[food]] [[storage organ]]s during [[dormancy]]. In [[gardening]], plants with other kinds of storage organ are also called [[ornamental bulbous plant]]s or just ''bulbs''.