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corm C0644700 (kôrm)n. A short thick solid food-storing underground stem, sometimes bearing papery scale leaves, as in the crocus or gladiolus.
[New Latin cormus, from Greek kormos, a trimmed tree trunk; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]corm (kɔːm) n (Botany) 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 bulb1[C19: from New Latin cormus, from Greek kormos tree trunk from which the branches have been lopped] ˈcormous adjcorm (kɔrm)
n. an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a plant stem that stores food, as in a crocus. [1820–30; < New Latin cormus < Greek kormós a tree trunk with boughs lopped off, akin to keírein to cut off, hew] corm′like`, adj. cor′moid, adj. cor′mous, adj. corm (kôrm) A fleshy underground stem that is similar to a bulb but stores its food as stem tissue and has fewer and thinner leaf-like scales. The crocus and gladiolus produce new shoots from corms. Compare bulb, rhizome, runner, tuber.cormA swollen stem that has a bulb-like appearance, but without the scales of true bulbs. Corms usually have a papery outer skin. Unlike tubers, a new corm is produced annually.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  corm - solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structurestalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ |
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corm, short, thickened underground stem, usually covered with papery leaves. A corm grows vertically, producing buds at the upper nodes and roots from the lower surface. Corms serve as organs of food storage and in some plants (e.g., crocus and gladiolus) of asexual reproduction; they are often mistakenly called bulbs.Corm an underground shoot of a plant with an exterior that resembles a bulb (it is often called a bulb); however, its structure is similar to that of a tuber. The scaly leaves are dry and membranous. The nutritive reserve is stored in the pulpy stem. Corms are found in several plants, including crocuses, gladioli, and saffrons. corm[kȯrm] (botany) A short, erect, fleshy underground stem, usually broader than high and covered with membranous scales. corm Botany 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 corm
corm (korm) [Gr. kormos, a trimmed tree trunk] A short, bulb-shaped underground stem of a plant such as the autumn crocus, a source of colchicine.corm a modified underground stem found in some MONOCOTYLEDONS, for example crocus and meadow saffron, that is usually broader than high and contains no fleshy scale leaves (as in the BULB) but rather has its food reserves in the stem. See Fig. 120 .CORM
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