corm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.

noun

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corm corms

From scientific Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”).

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cormel cormlet cormlike cormogen cormogenesis cormogenic cormosphere cormous microcorm protocorm

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