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cor•mel
(kôr′məl, kôr mel′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologya small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- Latin -ellus; see -elle
- corm + -el diminutive suffix, as in carpel, pedicel, etc. (1895–1900