cormlike
noun Botany.
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
Origin:
1820–30; < Neo-Latin cormus < Greek kormós a tree trunk with boughs lopped off, akin to keírein to cut off, hew
1820–30; < Neo-Latin cormus < Greek kormós a tree trunk with boughs lopped off, akin to keírein to cut off, hew
Related forms
corm·like, adjective
cor·moid, adjective
cor·mous, adjective
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corm (kɔːm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| Compare bulb 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 | |
| [C19: from New Latin cormus, from Greek kormos tree trunk from which the branches have been lopped] | |
| 'cormous | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
corm
1570s, from Fr. corme, from L. cornum "cornel-cherry" (but applied to service-berries in French); see cornel.
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corm  (kôrm) Pronunciation Key
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, rhizome, runner, tuber. |
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