noun
Meaning 1
A corm.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
cormus
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UK: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)məs/
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homophone: cormous
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)məs
noun
Meaning 2
An organism made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk where the buds remain attached.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk of a tree with the boughs cut off”), from κείρω (keírō, “shear”).