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CORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("corm" is a kind of...):
stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
Derivation:
cormous (having or producing corms)