pseudobulb

From pseudo- +‎ bulb.

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pseudobulb (plural pseudobulbs)

1. A storage organ in orchids, derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes.
   • 2007 February 8, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 June 2015:

     Remove only dead flowers, not the living bloom stalk, which is actually a pseudobulb commonly called a cane.

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