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corm.

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.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  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.

Where this word comes from

From scientific Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”).

noun
  1. A cormorant.

    informal
Where this word comes from

Clipping of cormorant.

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