corm
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Definition of corm
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.
“The saffron crocus has to be planted by hand from corms.”
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noun
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A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.
“The saffron crocus has to be planted by hand from corms.”
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(informal)A cormorant.
“"Great Corm on the barge—fifth bird from the left," shouted a fourth.”
“These “islands” would provide refuge for corms and other seabirds from sea level rise as habitat is destroyed, as well as protection from land-based predators—people, dogs, cats, rats, and cars.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From scientific Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”).
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