Corm

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m

Origin

From French corme, from Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμοσ (kormos, "trunk stripped of its boughs")

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.

Derived terms

• cormel
• cormlet

Related terms

• cormoid
• cormus