Possible Clues:

• Plant such as tulip
• Chives feature
• Onion's origin
• Light source that needs occasional replacement
• One of 100 in the original Times Square New Year's Eve Ball
• Less Than Jake "The Brightest ___ Has Burned Out"
• Tulip or onion
• Putative tulip
• Hardware store or nursery purchase
• Onion, possibly, making us flipping weep!