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How to pronounce bulbous plant in English?

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this young woman has a national spelling
bee titled three guinness world records
and an incredibly cool
name please welcome all the way from
harvey louisiana
the incredibly talented zailah
oh my gosh okay so my first question is
for you like
how do you feel about being america's
spelling
sweetheart well i don't really know yet
because i'm still
just soaking it in so
uh let me ask you that in like a month
because right now i don't really know
during
spelling bee you asked a specific
question
for like a little piece of information
for your final word
let's take a look the word is
maria maria
does this contain like the english name
murray which could be the name of a
comedian
or just an english name in general i
don't see that here
bill murray made the spelling bee maria
m-u-r-r-a-y-a
that is correct
okay so is your family like big
bill murray fans like um
no i know the only bill murray movie i
know of my father watching
and like watching it with me was lost in
translation
and that's how i kind of remember that
word because when i first came upon i
was like murray like bill murray uh
so not only the best speller in the
world but you have
three one two three guinness world
records which is amazing for basketball
that is incredible you can do all the
most dribbles in a minute most bounces
in 30 seconds most balls dribbled in one
time are you ever bored what's going on
here uh
no i don't know what's really going on i
just been working on it since i was five
so i've had a lot of time to work my way
up to that level
you guys i want to adopt you but i think
i would lead you down the wrong path
okay you know what you killed it at the
spelling bee but i want to try and test
you a little bit here if that's okay
with you
sure okay great so you have a really
great game
it's called b-ball
guillermo is our ball b
and he's in charge of the basketballs
you have three challenges ahead of you
okay the first
challenge is dribble three balls
simultaneously while spelling the word
machiavellian all right machiavellian
i believe that's about
m-a-c-h-i-a-e-l-l-i-a-n
oh my god
okay okay now this one's a little harder
for challenge number two dribble
six balls simultaneously while spelling
the word
amaryllis i think it's amaryllis oh
did be your own kind who don't have your
back
so amaryllis meaning a bulbous plant
with white pink or red
flowers amaryllis thank you you got this
[Applause]
i hope so amaryllis
yes
[Applause]
is
and for your final challenge we have a
special
guest presenter all the way from
marseille
france the man who helped you win the
crowd mr bill
[Applause]
oh my god oh my god
okay bill why are you all the way in
france what's going on
uh well hello phoebe uh i came over here
with a movie
called the french dispatch and we opened
the other night at the uh
cannes film festival wow and uh
it's a very good film and the the french
really loved it so i think the americans
will too
i'm really happy for you i'm really
happy
for you big z because uh on the
coincidental front
i spelled your name properly the other
day
okay but it's not it's not enough to win
for the scripps people you've got to be
able to multitask as stevie
is has pointed out to you you can see
how she
talks and drives a car at the same time
but i think with um
i think with guillermo's help you can do
this now what we want you to do now
is to dribble three balls while
balancing
on a foam roller and spelling the
english word that comes from the french
fort montoya okay bill that's really
hard
that's so yeah it's hard for you phoebe
that's fair that is fair let's hear some
okay applause so what is a portmanteau
oh
it's a it's a suitcase or a valise
portmanteau
apartment toe p-o-r-t m-a-n-t-e-a-u
thank you so much
okay congratulations aila because you
are such an amazing speller and dribbler
you will be getting a full scholarship
to sports academy
a basketball training center near and
dear to the hearts of kobe bryant and
his fans
all around the world thank you so much
zaila and thanks to bill murray

this young woman has a national spelling

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bulbous plant::noun | Spocien Dictionary

bulbous plant

noun

plant growing from a bulb

Type	Words
Type of	tracheophyte, vascular plant
Has types	blood lily, checkered lily, colchicum autumnale, fritillary, iridaceous plant, amaryllis, meadow saffron, naked lady, narcissus, star-of-bethlehem, liliaceous plant, autumn crocus

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bulbous plant

Amaryllis is a bulbous plant, with each bulb being 5-10 cm in diameter.

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Another creation is the Buddha's hand, an alocasia plant with a thick bulbous base.

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A few weeks after the fly's eggs hatch a bulbous growth, called a gall, appears on the stem of the tall goldenrod plant.

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Never plant them in the ground because, more than most bulbous plants, saffron crocus needs a bone-dry dormancy, and a garden environment rarely provides it.

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How to pronounce bulbous plant in English?

bulbous plant::noun | Spocien Dictionary

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