corm

Significat (Anglès)

A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.

Conceptes

corm

Sinònims

tuber

root

taro

caudex

dasheen

pseudobulb

bulb

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bulbotuber

Traduccions

cormo

knol

cormo

bulbotubero

Bolle

bulbotuber

Cormo

cormus

bulbe

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tubercule

Etimologia (Anglès)

From scientific Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”).