Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
tunicate .
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Examples
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The Leek is a hardy biennial, and produces an oblong, tunicated bulb; from the base of which, rootlets are put forth in great numbers.
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It is quite distinct from the Common Onion, as it forms no bulbs, but produces numerous elongated, angular, tunicated stems, not unlike scallions, or some of the smaller descriptions of leeks.
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You must observe that there are three kinds of plants which are said to have bulbous roots: those which are solid, and which should be properly called corms, such as the crocus, the corn-flag, and many of the half-hardy plants with similar half-tubular flowers; the tunicated bulbs, which may be peeled off in scales, such as the onion, the hyacinth, and the tulip; and the scaly bulbs such as the lily.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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The most common of these, which we observed, were two sorts of liliaceous roots, one simply tunicated, the other granulated upon its surface, called _mahkatte_ and _koohquoppa_, which have a mild sweetish taste, and are mucilaginous, and eaten raw.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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Some true bulbs, such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and Dutch irises, are tunicated, with the scales completely enveloping the basal plate.
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Some true bulbs, such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and Dutch irises, are tunicated, with the scales completely enveloping the basal plate.
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Now the real roots of all these plants are the long fibres sent down by the lower part of the bulb, which may be seen plainly in hyacinths grown in glasses, and in any of the kinds if taken up while in a growing state; and what is called the bulb is, in all the corms, only a contracted stem; but, in the tunicated and scaly bulbs, the bulbous part is formed of a contracted stem and metamorphosed leaves.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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