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Corm   Listen
noun
Corm  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.
2.
(Biol.) Same as Cormus, 2.





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"Corm" Quotes from Famous Books



... whitish-striped spathe that curves in a broad-pointed flap above it. Leaves: 3-foliate, usually overtopping the spathe, their slender petioles 9 to 30 in. high, or as tall as the scape that rises from an acrid corm. Fruit: Smooth, shining red berries clustered on ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al
... like corm'rants. They stink. Mebbe I'll be a hawk,"—as his eye fell on one, like a brown leaf nailed against the blue sky. "Did ee ...
— Pearl of Pearl Island • John Oxenham
... Corm and cormel are the correct botanical terms respectively for solid bulbs, like those of the gladiolus, and the small underground increase, but these names are ...
— The Gladiolus - A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus (2nd Edition) • Matthew Crawford


Words linked to "Corm" :   stem, stalk


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