bulb
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This means digging up the plant or bulb in the countryside is against the law and landowners are prohibited from removing bluebells from their land to sell.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
The locus coeruleus, found in the brainstem, helps regulate this process through long nerve fibers that extend to the olfactory bulb.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
Blog comment sections were notoriously dynamic, full of debate and discussion and lots of light bulb moments for writers and readers alike.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
During the Iran hostage crisis, William Daugherty, a newly minted case officer in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, was kept there, in a 4-foot-wide cell lit 24 hours by a dim, dangling bulb.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Because the bare bulb hanging in the hallway has shown me that it’s not him.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Vocabulary lists containing bulb
Life Science: Plants
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Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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