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Show Bulbs as Food Certain types of buds, modified i as food storage organs, are items ln ' our own diet. A cabbage head Is but an overgrown bud, and the good, j part of cauliflower Is a cluster of ' flower buds. Jerusalem" artichokes j and head lettuce are other examples. exam-ples. Cloves are buds used as seasoning. sea-soning. There are underground buds, called bulbs, whose scales thicken with stored up food for propagation and for continuing the life of the plant through the dormant dor-mant period. Tulips and onions are such bulbs. |