Etymology

corm

C3O1R1M3

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Latin cormus ← Ancient Greek κορμός
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corm · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκορμός“trunk stripped of its boughs”
  2. Latin · derived fromcormus
  3. English todaycorm

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

corm · noun2

Clipping of cormorant.

Words from the same roots

Latincormus all →

cormo-nanocormia

Ancient Greekκορμός all →

cormo-cormoidcormophytecormusmacrocormicnanocormia

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