an underground stem that is upright.

A mass of stored food consisting of roots at the base and flower buds at the top

Swollen underground stem for food storage

A swollen fleshy base of a stem.

A swollen, underground stem base used for propagation; e.g Crocus.

bulb like underground structure.

A bulky, short, vertical under ground stem which stores food.

A crocus comes from a corm. Corms are sometimes called bulbs, but they are not true bulbs, nor are they roots. An onion, which is a true bulb, has layers in its underground stem; a crocus is also an underground stem, but it is solid. Corms, like bulbs, will produce roots only from their bottom.

n. (L. cormus; Gr. kormus, the trunk of a tree with the boughs lopped off) an enlarged solid subterranean stem, often rounded in shape but of no distinct characteristic shape or size in some species, filled with nutrients, composed of two or more internodes and covered externally by a few thin membranous scales or cataphyllary leaves.

A specialized part of a stem; a short, enlarged base of a stem where food is stored.

For certain plants, a protuberant stem growing underground, called corm stores food for potential roots, leaves and flowers. corms can be used to vegetatively propagate the plant. .

Shortened underground stem with scaly leaves; as in the crocus plant.

Look up "corm" at the ANBG . A thick, underground stem, usually having several nodes and internodes.

dumpy, enlarged underground parts of a stem that stores food in the central tissue.

A short swollen underground stem used for storage.

Short, bulb-like stem.

A corm is a modified stem that has the appearance of a bulb in that it is round, but it differs from a bulb in that it has no scales and is solid. A gladolius produces a corm. DIAGRAMS: Corm PHOTOS

An enlarged underground structure consisting of stem tissue and thin scales. Similar to a bulb.

Swollen base of a stem enclosed in dry, scale-like leaves.

a solid, bulblike stem, usually found underground

A bulblike but solid, fleshy underground stem base.

A swollen underground stem composed of solid tissue.

An underground swollen portion of a stem.

solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure

a compressed stem

a modified, upright, swollen, underground stem base of a herbaceous plant

a shortened and thickened section of the stem that appears at the base of the plant

a short, thickened underground stem, usually covered with papery leaves

a short, thick, vertical underground stem that survives from one season to the next in a dormant state

a solid mass of stem tissue with a basal plate on the bottom and a terminal shoot bud on top

a solid, swollen stem whose scales have been reduced to a dry, leaflike covering

a solid, swollen stem whose scales have been reduced to dry, scalelike leaves

a solid, swollen stem with dry, scale-like leaves

a swollen section of the stem that is underground, functioning as a food reservoir

a swollen stem base that is modified into a mass of storage tissue

A short, solid, enlarged, underground stem from which roots grow. Corms are food-storage organs. They contain one bud that will produce a new plant.

The enlarged fleshy base of a stem, bulb-like but solid.

An enlarged, compressed, underground modified stem, often with scaly leaves.

A bulb-like structure that serves as a continual underground food source for a flowering plant.

An underground bulblike stem that bears roots and nourishes a young plant.

The swollen energy-storing structure, analogous to a bulb, under the soil at the base of the stem of plants such as crocus and gladiolus.

A vertical, broad underground stem covered with papery leaves.

The bulblike underground part of a stem, as found on crocus or gladiolus.

compressed underground stem, often enclosed in scale leaves

a short, vertical, often swollen, underground stem, many “bulbs” are actually corms.

a swollen bulb-like underground stem from which a new plant grows

a bulbous underground stem.

An underground, tuber-like stem that stores food.

A solid underground storage organ formed from the thickened base of the stem, usually with a protective covering of papery scales (the tunic).

in Isoetes, the condensed stem, which may be 2-5-lobed.

A shortened, thickened, underground stem used for food storage and survival during dormancy; compare with bulb.

A short swollen underground plant stem that serves as an organ of propagation.

A solid bulb-like stem usually found underground. See corm line drawing

An underground bulb-like stem capable of producing roots, leaves, and flowers.

A swollen underground stem that serves as a propagative structure in Crocus, Gladiolus, Cyclamen, and other plants.

a fleshy, swollen stem base, usually underground, in which food reserves are stored between growing seasons.

A bulblike but solid, flashy underground stem base.

Bulblike, short, fleshy, solid stem base, e.g., timothy.

a short, broad, firm-fleshed underground storage stem, from which arises aerial shoots.

A thickened underground stem which produces roots, leaves and flowers during the growing season.

The enlarged, solid, fleshy base of a stem with scales; an upright underground storage stem.

A short, vertical, underground stem that is thickened as a storage organ.

A rounded, thick, modified underground stem that bears membranous or scaly leaves and buds and that acts as a vegetative reproductive structure; comparable to a bulb.

A rounded, thick modified underground stem base bearing membranous or scaly leaves and buds (gladiolus, crocus, etc).

The fleshy, bulblike, solid base of a stem, often rising out of a tuber or bulb.

A corm is 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 summer drought and heat (estivation). A corm consists of one or more internodes with at least one growing point, and is typically surrounded by protective skins or tunics. Inside, a corm is mostly starch-containing parenchyma cells.