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corm
[ kawrm ]
noun
, Botany.
- an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
corm
/ kɔːm /
noun
- an organ of vegetative reproduction in plants such as the crocus, consisting of a globular stem base swollen with food and surrounded by papery scale leaves Compare bulb
corm
/ kôrm /
- A fleshy underground stem that is similar to a bulb but stores its food as stem tissue and has fewer and thinner leaflike scales. The crocus and gladiolus produce new shoots from corms.
- Compare bulb
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Derived Forms
- ˈcormous, adjective
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Other Words From
- cormlike adjective
- cormoid adjective
- cormous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corm1
1820–30; < New Latin cormus < Greek kormós a tree trunk with boughs lopped off, akin to keírein to cut off, hew
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corm1
C19: from New Latin cormus, from Greek kormos tree trunk from which the branches have been lopped
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Example Sentences
Then cut off each stalk about two inches from its junction with the corm.
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It has acrid properties, but its corm yields a starch which is known by the name of Portland sago or arrowroot.
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They tend to rise out of the ground, because the new bulb or corm forms on the top of the old one.
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Compare again the corm of Crocus and the bulb of Onion to find the stem in each.
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The corm of Cyclamen goes on to enlarge and to produce a succession of flowers and leaves year after year.
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