A bulbil is a small, young plant that is reproduced vegetatively from axillary buds on the parent plant's stem or in place of a flower on an inflorescence. These young plants are clones of the parent plant that produced them—they have identical genetic material.

What is bulbil give example?

define bulbils:-

A condensed auxiliary bud (vegetative) is called bulbil. It helps in vegetative reproduction. e.g., Dioscorea, Glabba, Agave, Oxalis. a small bulblike organ of vegetative reproduction growing in leaf axils or on flower stalks of plants such as the onion and tiger lily.

Is onion a bulbil?

Hence the reason for distinction between bulbs and bulbils. For example, some bulbous plant groups, like onions and lilies, produce bulbils in the form of a secondary, small bulb. Onion and lily bulbils meet the botanical criterion to be labeled a true bulb.