CORM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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