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cor⋅mel

  [kawr-muhl, kawr-mel]
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–noun
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
Origin:
1895–1900; corm + -el dim. suffix, as in carpel, pedicel, etc. (< L -ellus; see -elle
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cor·mel   (kôr'məl, kôr-měl')   
n.  A small young corm produced by a fully developed corm.

[corm + -el, diminutive suff. (from Latin -ellus).]
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