corm
Noun
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Noun
corm (plural corms)
- 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.
- 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre 2003, p. 268:
- The saffron crocus has to be planted by hand from corms.
- 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre 2003, p. 268:
- cormoid
- cormus
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