corm

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kɔːm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kôrm)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
corm  (kôrm),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]
  1. Botanyan enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
  • Greek kormós a tree trunk with boughs lopped off, akin to keírein to cut off, hew
  • Neo-Latin cormus
  • 1820–30
corm′like′, adj. 
cor′moid, adj. 
cor′mous, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
corm / kɔːm/
  1. 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 bulb1
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin cormus, from Greek kormos tree trunk from which the branches have been lopped
'corm' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bulb - cormel - water chestnut

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