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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bulbotuber
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noun
A cormorant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: stalk, stem
History
From scientific Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”).
Clipping of cormorant.
Across languages
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