CORM | • corm n. A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as… • CORM n. the swollen subterranean part of a stem. |
CORMS | • corms n. Plural of corm. • CORM n. the swollen subterranean part of a stem. |
CORMEL | • cormel n. A small corm that develops at the base of an existing corm. • CORMEL n. a small corm produced from base of a larger one. |
CORMUS | • cormus n. (Botany) A corm. • cormus n. (Biology) An organism made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a… • CORMUS n. (Greek) the whole body of a compound animal. |
CORMELS | • cormels n. Plural of cormel. • CORMEL n. a small corm produced from base of a larger one. |
CORMLET | • cormlet n. A cormel. • CORMLET n. a small corm. |
CORMOID | • cormoid adj. Of or relating to corm or corms. • CORMOID adj. of a corm. |
CORMOUS | • cormous adj. (Botany) Growing from a corm. • CORMOUS adj. producing corms. |
CORMIDIA | • cormidia n. Plural of cormidium. • CORMIDIUM n. (Latin) the assemblage of individuals dangling in clusters from the main stem of pelagic siphonophores. |
CORMLETS | • cormlets n. Plural of cormlet. • CORMLET n. a small corm. |
CORMLIKE | • cormlike adj. Resembling a corm. • CORMLIKE adj. like a corm, the swollen subterranean part of a stem. |
CORMUSES | • CORMUS n. (Greek) the whole body of a compound animal. |
CORMIDIUM | • cormidium n. (Zoology) The colonial body of a compound animal. • CORMIDIUM n. (Latin) the assemblage of individuals dangling in clusters from the main stem of pelagic siphonophores. |
CORMORANT | • cormorant n. Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for… • cormorant n. (Figuratively, also attributively, archaic or obsolete) A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing… • cormorant adj. (Archaic or obsolete) Voracious; aggressively greedy. |
EPICORMIC | • epicormic adj. (Botany) Of a sprout: growing from a dormant, adventitious bud on the trunk of a tree. • EPICORMIC adj. denoting shoots that grow from buds below the bark on the trunk or branch of a tree. |
CORMOPHYTE | • cormophyte n. (Now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its… • CORMOPHYTE n. a plant differentiated into leaf, stem and root. |
CORMORANTS | • cormorants n. Plural of cormorant. • CORMORANT n. a shiny black webfooted seabird. |
CORMOPHYTES | • cormophytes n. Plural of cormophyte. • CORMOPHYTE n. a plant differentiated into leaf, stem and root. |
CORMOPHYTIC | • cormophytic adj. Of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte. • CORMOPHYTIC adj. like a cormophyte. |