How to pronounce corm

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What corm means

noun

A swollen underground stem base that stores food

In a sentence: In the fall, we planted each crocus corm a few inches deep so it would bloom in spring.

Where it comes from: It comes from a Greek word for a tree trunk with its branches cut off.

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