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corm

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Noun

Plural: corms

corm - solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure

stalk, stem a stiff or threatening gait

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corm (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.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

corm (n.)
A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.
corm (n.)
Same as Cormus, 2.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

corm
korm, Cormus, kor′mus, n. sometimes called a solid bulb—the short, bulb-like subterranean stem of many plants—e.g. crocus. [Gr. kormos, the lopped trunk of a tree.]

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corm, noun, singular of corms.

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