# Bulbil

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/bulbil
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

a small [bulb](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/bulb "storage organ consisting of a short, underground stem surrounded by swollen leaf-bases and outer, dry, protective leaf-bases.") in the [axil](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/axil "the upper angle between the axis and any organ which arises from it, especially a leaf or bract.") of a [scale](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/scale "any thin scarious body, usually a degenerate or rudimentary leaf;") or foliage leaf; a [deciduous](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/deciduous "falling seasonally (e.g. leaves and bark of some trees, parts of the flower)."), [axillary](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/axil "the upper angle between the axis and any organ which arises from it, especially a leaf or bract.") bud produced in the leaf axils of certain ferns.

## Related terms

- [Axil](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/axil)