corm Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure

WordNet

Corm noun
Etymology
See Cormus.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.
  2. (Biol.) Same as Cormus, 2.

Webster 1913