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Examples of corm
corm
It grows from a corm with many growing points that turn into new cormels or suckers.
From the sacbee.com
On page 386, the corm definition is accompanied by an illustration of Crocus sativus.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Boiled corm of Taro is commonly served with salt, spices and chillies.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They listed the many products found in a home today made from corm.
From the desmoinesregister.com
For those of you who may be new to the summer bulb, tuber, rhizome corm gig, let's clarify.
From the timesunion.com
Just like a hungry teenager, this corm is eager and ready to grow.
From the post-gazette.com
The story goes that a pilgrim smuggled a corm back to England in the 14th century hidden in a hollow staff.
From the guardian.co.uk
Gently break off the old, parent corm before storing.
From the timesunion.com
All parts that are visible have risen directly from the corm, and there is no foliage to deal with.
From the post-gazette.com
- Solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure
- A corm (or bulbo-tuber, bulbotuber) is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ used by some plants to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (estivation). ...
- (6. Corms) (stocks or colonies), e.g. trees, chains of Salpae, polypstocks, &c.
- (Corms) Compressed underground stem with bud on top, these growths tend to be very hardy.
- The rounded underground storage organ and stem of plants such as crocus that resemble a bulb.
- A short, underground stem or bulb, from which flowers and foliage is produced
- Short, thick, unbranched, underground stem often surrounded by dry (not fleshy) leaves or leaf bases. (see bulb, stem) (e.g., Muilla maritima)
- A bulb-shaped, modified and swollen underground stem, in which reserve material is stored; e.g. a Crocus corm.
- Bulb-like underground modified stem with rings of leaf scars on the surface.
