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corm

/kawrm/US // kɔrm //UK // (kɔːm) //

球茎,虫草,虫体,球囊

Related Words

corn玉米,粟米,玉米的问题knob手柄,手柄状物,手把,手钮head头,头部,头颅,头头ball球,球类,球形,球状swelling肿胀,膨胀,肿块,肿大globe全球,全球化,全球的,全球性的tumor肿瘤,瘤子,肿块,瘤protuberance凸起,凸起部分,突出部分,突起nub块状物,块状,块头,块tuber块茎,块茎类,块茎植物,茎叶bunch一束,一堆,一串,聚集在一起nodule结结点,结结点点

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbulb
Synonyms
corn玉米,粟米,玉米的问题ball球,球类,球形,球状bunch一束,一堆,一串,聚集在一起globe全球,全球化,全球的,全球性的head头,头部,头颅,头头knob手柄,手柄状物,手把,手钮nodule结结点,结结点点nub块状物,块状,块头,块protuberance凸起,凸起部分,突出部分,突起swelling肿胀,膨胀,肿块,肿大tuber块茎,块茎类,块茎植物,茎叶tumor肿瘤,瘤子,肿块,瘤

Examples

  • Then cut off each stalk about two inches from its junction with the corm.

  • It has acrid properties, but its corm yields a starch which is known by the name of Portland sago or arrowroot.

  • They tend to rise out of the ground, because the new bulb or corm forms on the top of the old one.

  • Compare again the corm of Crocus and the bulb of Onion to find the stem in each.

  • The corm of Cyclamen goes on to enlarge and to produce a succession of flowers and leaves year after year.

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