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corm

  [kawrm]
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–noun Botany.
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
Origin:
1820–30; < NL cormus < Gk kormós a tree trunk with boughs lopped off, akin to keírein to cut off, hew

Related forms:
cormlike, adjective
cormoid, adjective
cormous, adjective
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: corm
Pronunciation: 'ko(&)rm
Function: noun
: a rounded thick modified underground stem base bearing membranous or scaly leaves and buds andacting as a vegetative reproductive structure
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Science Dictionary
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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