cormlet

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• cormlet — corm ► NOUN ▪ a rounded underground storage organ present in plants such as crocuses and cyclamens, consisting of a swollen stem base covered with scale leaves. DERIVATIVES cormlet noun. ORIGIN Greek kormos trunk stripped of its boughs …   English terms dictionary

• cormlet — n. small corm that grows at the bottom of the mother corm …   English contemporary dictionary

• corm — noun a rounded underground storage organ present in plants such as crocuses and cyclamens, consisting of a swollen stem base covered with scale leaves. Derivatives cormlet noun Origin C19: from mod. L. cormus, from Gk kormos trunk stripped of its …   English new terms dictionary

• corm — ► NOUN ▪ a rounded underground storage organ present in plants such as crocuses and cyclamens, consisting of a swollen stem base covered with scale leaves. DERIVATIVES cormlet noun. ORIGIN Greek kormos trunk stripped of its boughs …   English terms dictionary