bulb
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Another series, “City Island: USA!,” is a special of six shorts, following Watt, a light bulb, and his best friend, Windy, a kite.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
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
By extending the productive hours of the factory floor and the laboratory, the bulb accelerated the pace of the Industrial Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
According to the researchers, smell-related problems arise when immune cells in the brain, known as "microglia," begin removing connections between two important regions: the olfactory bulb and the locus coeruleus.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
It seemed incredible that instead of a kerosene lamp, we now had a single glass bulb overhead by which we could read at night.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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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