corm

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. A cormorant. informal
    — "Great Corm on the barge—fifth bird from the left," shouted a fourth.

词形变化

corms plural corms plural

词源

词源 1
From scientific Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”).
词源 2
Clipping of cormorant.
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