corm

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French corme, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cormus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m

Noun

corm (plural corms)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• cormel
• cormlet
• cormosphere

Related terms

• cormoid
• cormus

Translations

underground stem of a plant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 球莖／球茎 (zh) (qiújīng), 球茎 (zh) (qiújīng)

• Czech: hlíza (cs) f
• Finnish: juurimukula
• French: corme (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: cormo m
• Spanish: cormo (es) m
• Swedish: jordstam (sv) c
• Tagalog: kalislindigsuloy