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Corm

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Noun

1. corm

solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Corm

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noun
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 bulb (sense 1)

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Corm

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noun
a fleshy, thickened, vertical, underground stem, usually having annual segments with a bud at the tip, thin external scale leaves, and roots at the base, as in the gladiolus: corms differ from bulbs in having much more stem tissue and fewer scale leaves

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Corm

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n.
A short thick solid food-storing underground stem, sometimes bearing papery scale leaves, as in the crocus or gladiolus.

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