Corm

1) ботаника клубнелуковица 2) зоология связанная колония

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Corm

noun Etymology: New Latin cormus, from Greek kormos tree trunk, from keirein to cut — more at shear a rounded thick modified underground stem base bearing membranous or scaly leaves and buds and acting as a vegetative reproductive structure — compare bulb, tuber

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