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Underground plant stem
Corm or bulbo-tuber (also spelled bulbotuber) is a short, vertical, swollen, underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ that some plants use
Corm
Species of plant
family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, stems and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Caribbean, Oceanian, East
Taro
Lebanese economist, historian and politician (1940–2024)
Georges Corm (Arabic: جورج قرم; 1940 – 14 August 2024) was a Lebanese economist. He served as minister of finance in the government of Salim Hoss from
Georges_Corm
Edible plant from Yunnan, China
Asia, the perennial species forms a corm, the stem of which produces a purplish flower. Food made from the corm is known as konnyaku in Japanese – which
Amorphophallus_konjac
Lebanese writer, industrialist, and philanthropist (1894–1963)
Charles Corm (1894–1963) was a Lebanese writer, industrialist, and philanthropist. He is considered to be the leader of the Phoenicianism movement in Lebanon
Charles_Corm
Topics referred to by the same term
A corm is an underground part of a plant stem. Corm may also refer to: Carbon monoxide-releasing molecules (CORMs) Corm (surname), list of people with
Corm_(disambiguation)
Plant roots used as a vegetable
such as taproots and root tubers, as well as non-roots such as bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and stem tubers. Root vegetables are generally energy storage
Root_vegetable
This is an article about notable people with the Corm surname
Corm is a Lebanese surname. The Corm family is a prominent and wealthy Christian family originally from Ghosta and with its roots traced back to the 15th
Corm_(surname)
Type of Japanese noodles made from konjac
hiragana しらたき) are translucent, gelatinous Japanese noodles made from the corm of the konjac plant. In traditional Japanese cuisine, they are eaten in soups
Shirataki_noodles
Substances delivering CO within the body
monoxide-releasing molecules (CORMs) are chemical compounds designed to release controlled amounts of carbon monoxide (CO). CORMs are being developed as potential
Carbon monoxide-releasing molecules
Carbon_monoxide-releasing_molecules
River in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
45°46′N 13°08′E / 45.767°N 13.133°E / 45.767; 13.133 The Cormor is an Italian river in the Province of Udine. The source of the river is west of Fagagna
Cormor
Species of flowering plant
28 mm oval underground corm. The corm is often located in the upper 11 cm of soil although it may be as deep as 30 cm. The corms of E. americanum are buried
Erythronium_americanum
Grass-like sedge grown for its edible corms
tropical Africa, and Oceania. It is grown in many countries for its edible corms, but if eaten uncooked, the surface of the plants may transmit fasciolopsiasis
Eleocharis_dulcis
Lebanese painter
Daoud Corm (26 June 1852 – 6 June 1930), also known as David Corm in English, was an influential Lebanese painter and the father of writer, industrialist
Daoud_Corm
Spice made from crocus flowers
assistance: clusters of corms, underground, bulb-like, starch-storing organs, must be dug up, divided, and replanted. A corm survives for one season,
Saffron
Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family
20–40 cm (8–16 in) tall, erect, branching, and slightly hairy, with a swollen corm-like base. There are alternate and sessile leaves on the stem. The flower
Ranunculus_bulbosus
Colombian footballer (born 2005)
Hollman Camilo McCormick Pinzón (born 28 October 2005) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Van. On 22 October 2020, just
Hollman_McCormick
American soccer player
Cormic F. Cosgrove (February 15, 1869 – July 6, 1930) was an American amateur soccer player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He died in St. Louis
Cormic_Cosgrove
Genus of flowering plants
Iridaceae (iris family) comprising about 100 species of perennials growing from corms. They are low growing plants, whose flower stems remain underground, that
Crocus
In plants, a reduced, small leaf
[citation needed] Cataphylls can have many other forms. Some, such as spines, corm-scales, and bud-scales, may be persistent but may not perform their major
Cataphyll
French Polynesian actress (born 1941)
ISBN 9780982622643. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help) Carole Corm (1 February 2005). "Brando's Ex Tells Her Story". The New York Times. Retrieved
Tarita_Teriipaia
Fictional character in South Park
Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick is a fictional character and one of the four main protagonists in the adult animated sitcom South Park, alongside Stan Marsh
Kenny_McCormick
Index of plants with the same common name
reach 50 centimetres (20 inches) in length. The corm produces lateral buds that give rise to side-corms (cormels, suckers) or stolons (long runners, creeping
Cocoyam
Chemical compound
antimutagenic defense. Glucomannan comprises 40% by dry weight of the roots, or corm, of the konjac plant. Another culinary source is salep, ground from the roots
Glucomannan
Index of plants with the same common name
cuisine: Eleocharis dulcis, or Chinese water chestnut, is eaten for its crisp corm Water caltrop, Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, is eaten for its starchy
Water_chestnut
Species of flowering plant
flowering plant from the family Araceae. It produces an edible, starchy corm. X. sagittifolium is native to tropical America where it has been first cultivated
Xanthosoma_sagittifolium
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Cormes (French pronunciation: [kɔʁm]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in Northwestern France. As of 2023, the population
Cormes
Species of flowering plant
Dipterostemon capitatus is an herbaceous perennial growing from an underground corm to a height of as much as 60 cm. It has 2–3 leaves which are 10–40 cm long
Dipterostemon
American operatic soprano (1889–1981)
Mary McCormic (November 11, 1889 – February 10, 1981) was an American operatic soprano and a professor of opera at the University of North Texas College
Mary_McCormic
Genus of flowering plants in the iris family
the lowermost corm in a chain are contractile roots and drag the corm deeper into the ground where conditions allow. The chains of corms are fragile and
Crocosmia
Species of flowering plant
perennial herb that grows about 10 to 30 cm high. It develops as an underground corm, which produces leaves, bracts, bracteole, and the flowering stalk. It generally
Crocus_sativus
Species of flowering plant
corm native to southern Jordan, northern Iraq to western Iran. Crocus haussknechtii is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The corm is
Crocus_haussknechtii
The Parco Botanico Friulano "Cormor", also known as the Parco del Cormor or Parco Botanico del Cormôr, is a municipal park and botanical garden located
Parco Botanico Friulano "Cormor"
Parco_Botanico_Friulano_"Cormor"
American inventor and businessman (1809–1884)
Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884) was an American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company,
Cyrus_McCormick
Species of flowering plant
species of Alocasia grows to about 0.5–1.6 m high, or just over 5 feet, with corms measuring 4 cm to around 10 cm in diameter and 3–5 cm wide. The leaves are
Alocasia_odora
Traditional staple food in the Polynesian diet
Hawaiians traditionally cook the starchy, potato-like heart of the taro corm for hours in an underground oven called an imu, which is also used to cook
Poi_(Hawaiian_food)
Genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae
Arum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are native to Europe, northern Africa, and western and central Asia, with the highest species
Arum
Filipino sweet steamed delicacy
sweet steamed delicacy of the Waray people made from mashed giant taro corms, condensed milk, sugar, coconut milk, and egg yolks. It is distinctively
Binagol
Species of flowering plant
is a herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. Plants grow 4 to 6 inches tall. The corms are oval shaped with fibrous reticulated tunics. The
Crocus_ancyrensis
Family of flowering plants comprising irises, gladioli, and crocuses
crop saffron. Members of this family are perennial plants, with a bulb, corm or rhizome. The plants grow erect, and have leaves that are generally grass-like
Iridaceae
1981 novel by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
and the wings are confiscated by one of Lesser Amberly's other flyers, Corm. Corm soon lets it be known that he intends to give the wings to a flyer from
Windhaven
Species of flowering plant in the arum family Araceae
sugars from the leaf accumulates (as starch) in an underground tuber or corm. After a period of about a year, the old leaf dies, and a new one grows in
Amorphophallus_titanum
Genus of flowering plants
They are perennials, surviving the winter and resprouting from underground corms. Liatris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera
Liatris
Species of flowering plant
1.5–3 m (4 ft 11 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall aroid plant with a large, fibrous corm, producing at its apex a whorl of thick, green leaves. It is the sole species
Leucocasia_gigantea
Staple root food in southeast Asia
around the beginning of the rainy season. The flower bud emerges from the corm as a purple shoot, and later blooms as a purple inflorescence. The pistillate
Amorphophallus_paeoniifolius
Subfamily of flowering plants
sometimes edible plants, the edible ones mostly being harvested for their corms. Alocasia - Subtropical Asia and eastern Australia Ariopsis Nimmo Colocasia
Colocasieae
Genus of flowering plants
flowering plants containing around 160 species which grow from bulb-like corms. It is a member of the botanical family Colchicaceae, and is native to West
Colchicum
Extinct genus of early plants
their parent gametophytes for nutrition, but mature specimens have expanded, corm-like bases to their stems, up to 6 mm in diameter, that bore rhizoids and
Horneophyton
Palestinian writer
(aged 87–88) Spouse Munib Shahid Children Leila Shahid (m. Mohammed Berrada) Maya Shahid (m. David Corm) Zeina Shahid (m. Souheil Rached) Parent Jamal al-Husayni
Serene_Husseini_Shahid
31 March 1963 (1963-03-31) Fanny Rowe (Clarissa Hedge-Hacking), Athene Seyler (Lady Corm), Patrick Wymark (Royston Land-Price), Eleanor Summerfield (Heather Land-Price)
List of Armchair Theatre episodes
List_of_Armchair_Theatre_episodes
Genus of plants
naturalized in other tropical regions. Several are grown for their starchy corms, an important food staple of tropical regions, known variously as malanga
Xanthosoma
prophyll. Type species C. sativus L. Type species C. vernus (L.) Hill: corms with reticulated fibers, spring-flowering (apart from Crocus longiflorus)
List_of_Crocus_species
Hawaiʻian cultural concept of kinship
Māori word kōhanga, meaning "nest". The root word ʻohā refers to the root or corm of the kalo (taro) plant, the staple "staff of life" in Hawaii, which Kanaka
Ohana
Genus of flowering plants in the primrose family
hypocotyl (the stem of a seedling). It is often mistakenly called a corm, but a corm (found in crocuses, for example) has a papery tunic and a basal plate
Cyclamen
Species of flowering plant
triphyllum sensu lato is a herbaceous, perennial, flowering plant growing from a corm. It typically grows up to two feet (61 cm) tall, but populations in Georgia
Arisaema_triphyllum
Fragmentation of a country or region
many circles. During the 1980s, the Lebanese academic and writer Georges Corm used the term balkanisation to describe attempts by supporters of Israel
Balkanization
Species of flowering plant
consumed. Oxalis triangularis grows from corms (also called "bulbils"), propagated by division. Like other corms, it goes through regular dormancy periods;
Oxalis_triangularis
Species of flowering plant
tubular, opening into a sharply six-pointed star. The plant grows from a corm which is edible and similar in taste and use as the potato. The most used
Triteleia_laxa
This is a list of diseases starting with the letter "C". Diseases Alphabetical list 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also Health
List_of_diseases_(C)
Species of flowering plant
commonly called blue funnel-lily, is a herbaceous perennial growing from corms. It has light blue to violet purple flowers and grows up to 35 cm tall.
Androstephium_coeruleum
Animals in class Mammalia
Habitats: Savanna, shrubland, grassland, and caves Diet: Tubers, roots, and corms Hystricidae (Old World porcupine) Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 11 species
List_of_mammals
Species of flowering plant
Iridaceae. Common name for this plant is Painted Lady Gladiolus. A tunicated corm, it is summer dormant. Native to South Africa in a dry summer - wet winter
Gladiolus_carneus
Species of flowering plant
It is grown in gardens as an ornamental plant. Freesia laxa grows from corms, reaching about 15–30 cm (6–12 in) tall. The green leaves are arranged in
Freesia_laxa
Survival of organisms under unfavourable conditions
perennating organs are storage organs (e.g. bulbs, tubers, rhizomes and corm), buds and oxalis . Perennation is closely related with vegetative reproduction
Perennation
Species of orchid
in mid-July to late August. The roots are a connected series of edible corms. They are starchy and almost potato-like. The plant is pollinated by noctuid
Tipularia_discolor
Word game
COLD → CORD → CORM → WORM → WARM COLD → CORD → CARD → WARD → WARM COLD → CORD → WORD → WARD → WARM COLD → CORD → WORD → WORM → WARM COLD → WOLD → WORD
Word_ladder
Genus of flowering plants
most common in California. They are perennial plants growing from a fibrous corm roughly spherical in shape. They get their name from the fact that all parts
Triteleia
Asexual method of reproduction in plants
dahlias. Corms are solid enlarged underground stems that store nutrients in their fleshy and solid stem tissue and are surrounded by papery leaves. Corms differ
Vegetative_reproduction
Stalk of a plant bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
compressed aerial stem or from a subterranean stem (rhizome, tuber, bulb, corm), with few or no bracts except the part near the rachis or receptacle, it
Peduncle_(botany)
Species of flowering plant
white and often stippled lilac on outer petals. The plant has membranous corm tunic splits at the base. The flowering season is October and November. Wikimedia
Crocus_caspius
Political magazine in Beirut (1919)
of the Lebanese people. La Revue Phénicienne was established by Charles Corm, and its first issue appeared in July 1919. It was published in French. The
La_Revue_Phénicienne
Historical US military battle
Carolina 1st Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery, Co. D – Cpt. James L. McCormic (mw) 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. C – Cpt. John M.
Second Battle of Fort Fisher order of battle: Confederate
Second_Battle_of_Fort_Fisher_order_of_battle:_Confederate
Species of flowering plant
a fibrous-coated corm and growing to a maximum height well over one meter when in flower, sometimes reaching two meters. Each corm produces three or
Watsonia_meriana
Genus of flowering plants in the Iris family Iridaceae
The Greek name, recorded by Pliny and Theophrastus, refers to the way the corm tunics of that plant resemble a shaggy goat's-hair coat, sisýra. As Goldblatt
Sisyrinchium
Genus of perennial flowering plants
distinct, are now included in Gladiolus. Gladioli grow from round, symmetrical corms (similar to crocuses) that are enveloped in several layers of brownish,
Gladiolus
Species of flowering plant in the yam family
rarely seen when it grows in places such as Florida. The fruits are capsules. Corm (tuber) Shoot Bulbils It is native to Africa, Asia and northern Australia
Dioscorea_bulbifera
Species of plant
Colocasia esculenta), which is primarily used for its thickened stems (corms). In most cultivars there is an acrid taste that requires careful cooking
Eddoe
Species of flowering plant
Colchicum alpinum, the alpine autumn crocus, is a corm-forming perennial with pale, delicate rosy-purple flowers, similar to C. autumnale but smaller.
Colchicum_alpinum
Species of flowering plant
perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The corms are small and tear-drop shaped with silky reticulate tunics. The corm inside is yellow and produces leaves
Crocus_fleischeri
Plant species in the lily family
parts grow in multiples of threes. The species produces a small corm, which forms corms earning the genus the nickname 'riceroot'. During his historic
Fritillaria_pudica
Species of flowering plant
Russia, and New Zealand. It grows in lowland grassy meadows. The bulb-like corms of C. autumnale contain colchicine, a useful drug with a narrow therapeutic
Colchicum_autumnale
Species of flowering plant
variegata, springing from some confusion with Moraea vegata (which grows from a corm, not a rhizome). The name D. vegeta is commonly misapplied to both D. iridioides
Dietes_iridioides
Indigenous people of North America
glandulosum for back pain and for "female weakness". The Ojibwe eat the corms of Sagittaria cuneata for indigestion, and also as a food, eaten boiled
Ojibwe
Species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae
Cataenococcus enset, which is a root mealybug. C. enset feeds on the roots and corm of the enset plant, which leads to slower growth and easier uprooting. Even
Ensete_ventricosum
Storage organ found in certain plants
from other storage organs derived from stems that were underground, namely corms or true bulbs, a combination of an underground stem and storage leaves.
Pseudobulb
Species of flowering plant
wild hyacinth. Triteleia grandiflora is a perennial herb growing from a corm. It produces two or three basal leaves up to 70 centimetres (28 in) long
Triteleia_grandiflora
Species of flowering plant
Crocus lydius is a species of flowering plant growing from a corm, native to western Turkey (Manisa). "Crocus lydius Kernd. & Pasche | Plants of the World
Crocus_lydius
Southern European species of quillwort
1885. The plant forms a small, trilobed corm that anchors in the soft mud of clear, spring-fed pools. From this corm arise the stiff, grass-like leaves, which
Isoetes_heldreichii
Topics referred to by the same term
Moyu may refer to: Moyu, the edible corm of the plant Amorphophallus konjac (konjac) Karakax County, or Moyu County, in Xinjiang, China Moyu railway station
Moyu
(8) 54. GSI Saosnois Courgains (12) 1–3 US St Mars-la-Brière (8) 55. CO Cormes (11) 1–6 SS Noyen-sur-Sarthe (8) 56. FC St Georges-Pruillé (11) 1–2 AS Ruaudin
2016–17 Coupe de France first preliminary rounds
2016–17_Coupe_de_France_first_preliminary_rounds
released are HONEST and ACCURATE," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. McCormic, Myles; Jones, Claire (August 13, 2025). "'Not qualified': Trump's new data
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump (second term)
False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump_(second_term)
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionary. Macal may refer to: Macal River, a river in Belize The edible corms of the genus Xanthosoma Virgilio Rodríguez Macal, Guatemalan writer Zdeněk
Macal
Practice of growing and cultivating plants
Stolons growing from nodes from a corm of Crocosmia
Gardening
Comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
high plain, a few kilometers from the hilly area, and is bordered by the Cormor stream to the west and the Torre stream to the east. At the center of the
Udine
Species of flowering plant
comes from around the Tulbagh in South Africa, Cape Province. It has small corms under the ground. This corn lily is very rare. Its habitats are often destroyed
Ixia_viridiflora
Species of flowering plant
is a common subject in western and southern European gardens, where the corms are lifted every year and stored in frost-free conditions. This plant has
Gladiolus_murielae
Part of a plant specifically modified for storage of energy or water
bases) – e.g. Lilium, Narcissus, onion Caudex – e.g. Adenium (desert-rose) Corm – e.g. Crocus Pseudobulb – e.g. Pleione (windowsill orchid) Rhizome – e.g
Storage_organ
Storage organ in plants
growth Caudex, a form of stem modification similar in appearance to a tuber Corm, modified stems covered by dry scale-like leaves called a tunic, differing
Tuber
Name list
Irish Gaelic Eoghan, and Scottish Gaelic Eòghann) is from Latin Eugenius. "Cormic gives this origin for Eogan (one MS, Eogen); and Zimmer considers Owen to
Eugene_(given_name)
Species of flowering plant
occasionally used as ornamental plant. The species has a small rootstock - a corm which can be found in sandy and rocky soils. It produces long and slender
Romulea_bulbocodium
CORM
CORM
Female
Irish
Irish name, possibly related to Gaelic grán, GRÃINNE means "grain." In mythology, this is the name of the daughter of Cormac mac Airt.
Male
Scottish
Scottish form of Irish Gaelic Cormac, CORMAG means "son of defilement."
Boy/Male
Scottish
Raven.
Boy/Male
Gaelic Irish
Charioteer.
Boy/Male
Irish
Charioteer.
Boy/Male
Celtic Irish Gaelic
Charioteer.
Boy/Male
Irish
“â€without enemy.â€â€ The name of early kings, legendary heroes and saints, Diarmuid was the lover of Grainne and the most beloved of that warrior band, the Fianna (read the legend). Grainne, as the daughter of Cormac Mac Airt, the High King of Tara, was betrothed to a much older man, the legendary Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend). When Grainne saw Fionn at the wedding banquet she realised he “â€was not for herâ€â€ and put a a “â€geis,â€â€ a spell, on his nephew, Diarmuid, to run away with her. For sixteen years the lovers were forced to roam the countryside, all the time knowing that they were being constantly pursued by the furious Fionn. Each night they made a fresh bed in a sheltered spot and legend has it that these beds can still be seen today in many remote places. (Read the legend of Diarmuid and Grainne).
Boy/Male
Australian, Gaelic, Irish
Charioteer
Boy/Male
Irish
Son of Cormac.
Boy/Male
Australian, Gaelic, Irish
Charioteer; Son of Raven; Son; Kings; Saints; Warriors
Boy/Male
Irish
“â€without enemy.â€â€ The name of early kings, legendary heroes and saints, Diarmuid was the lover of Grainne and the most beloved of that warrior band, the Fianna (read the legend). Grainne, as the daughter of Cormac Mac Airt, the High King of Tara, was betrothed to a much older man, the legendary Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend). When Grainne saw Fionn at the wedding banquet she realised he “â€was not for herâ€â€ and put a a “â€geis,â€â€ a spell, on his nephew, Diarmuid, to run away with her. For sixteen years the lovers were forced to roam the countryside, all the time knowing that they were being constantly pursued by the furious Fionn. Each night they made a fresh bed in a sheltered spot and legend has it that these beds can still be seen today in many remote places. (Read the legend of Diarmuid and Grainne).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Anglo-Scandinavian personal name, Sǣfugul, from Old Norse sæfogl ‘seabird’, ‘cormorant’. Though not recorded as a personal name in Scandinavia, it did become common in England after the Norman conquest.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from northern Middle English scarfe ‘cormorant’ (Old Norse skarfr), either a nickname for someone bearing some supposed resemblance to a cormorant, or else a survival into Middle English of the Old Norse byname Scarfi, from the same source.
Girl/Female
Irish
From gran “grain, corn.†Grainne in ancient Ireland was the patron of the harvest. In later legends Grainne was the name of the beautiful daughter of a High King of Ireland, Cormac Mac Art. She had been promised in marriage to the king Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend). When Grainne saw him at the wedding banquet she realised Fionn was too old for her and put a “geis,†a love spell on Fionn’s nephew, Diarmuid. They ran away together but Fionn’s pursuit prevented them from spending two consecutive nights in the same place. Megalithic sites throughout Ireland are still traditionally referred to as “the bed of Grainne and Diarmuid†(read the legend).
CORM
CORM
Male
English
Pet form of English Ernest, ERNIE means "battle (to the death), serious business."
Girl/Female
Spanish
Youthful.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Useful, Helpful, Beneficial, Advantageous
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Brave Under the Protection of God
Girl/Female
Hindu
Petals of flowers
Biblical
redemption of the Lord;may God redeem;Jehovah does deliver; redemption;
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Power of Gold; The Pearl
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a herdsman in charge of cattle or a nickname for someone thought to resemble an ox or a cow, from Middle English neat ‘ox’, ‘cow’ (Old English nēat). The modern English adjective neat (via French from Latin nitidus ‘clean’, ‘shining’) does not occur before the 16th century, after the main period of surname formation.
Biblical
top, summit
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Olive.
CORM
CORM
CORM
CORM
CORM
n.
The European cormorant.
n.
A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen Europaeum.
n.
Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills.
n.
A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.
n.
An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also Adam-and-Eve.
n. pl.
A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others.
n.
A cormorant.
n.
An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants.
n.
The cormorant.
n.
See Corm.
n.
Any species of cormorant.
n.
A corm.
n.
A genus of plants of the Primrose family, having depressed rounded corms, and pretty nodding flowers with the petals so reflexed as to point upwards, whence it is called rabbits' ears. It is also called sow bread, because hogs are said to eat the corms.
n.
Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese.
n.
Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike leaves, rising from a corm, and containing spores in their enlarged and excavated bases. There are about seventeen American species, usually growing in the mud under still, shallow water. So called from the shape of the shape of the leaves.
n.
Same as Cormus, 2.
n.
A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
n. pl.
Alt. of Cormophyta