corm
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμοσ (kormos, “trunk stripped of its boughs”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m
Noun [edit]
- 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.
