Corm

Corm

The fleshy, bulblike, solid base of a stem, often rising out of a tuber or bulb.

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corm

Medical; Herbal medicine

The fleshy, bulblike, solid base of a stem, often rising out of a tuber or bulb.

corm

Plants; Botany

A fleshy, swollen stem base, usually underground, in which food reserves are stored between growing seasons.

corm

Agriculture; Rice science

The swollen part of the base of the stem that is capable of producing new shoots.

corms

Agriculture; General agriculture

A solid, short, swollen underground stem which serves as an asexual propagule for the plant, lasts only one year, and bears the next year's growth at the top of the old corm.

corm

Biology; Ecology

A short, thick stem that stores nutrients underground. Usually a monocot, it does this through hot summers or cold winters.

corm

Garden; Gardening

This is a swollen, underground stem base used for propagation: e.g. Crocus.

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