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corms

corms is the plural of corm.

Meaning of corm

Noun (1)

corm (plural corms)

  1. 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.
    • The saffron crocus has to be planted by hand from corms.2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 268
    Synonyms:
    bulbotuber

Noun (2)

corm (plural corms)

  1. (informal) A cormorant.
    • "Great Corm on the barge—fifth bird from the left," shouted a fourth.1992, Pete Dunne, chapter 9, in The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 135

Questions about corms

What is corms the plural of?
Corms is the plural of corm.

Words near corms in the dictionary

  1. cormose
  2. cormosphere
  3. cormospheres
  4. cormous
  5. Cormoș
  6. corms
  7. cormus
  8. corn
  9. corn aphid
  10. corn beef
  11. corn beefs

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