Bury me beneath the garden soil in autumn and I will shoot up as a tulip in spring; screw me into a ceiling lamp and I banish the dark with electricity. What four-letter word am I?
Bulb
A 'bulb' is both an underground plant structure that blooms in spring and a glass incandescent or LED light source.
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