5. A small bulb or bulblike structure in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil, as in a tiger lily.

• 具有肉质化的根，直立的茎，狭窄、多汁的叶，每个叶腋上部有一朵橙红色的花；产自美国西南部；印第安人曾烹制过其肉质的根。收藏指正