OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 29362

corm

Meanings (ES + gloss)
cormo
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.
The saffron crocus has to be planted by hand from corms.
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