corm
n.(名词)
A short, thick, solid, food-storing underground stem, sometimes bearing papery scale leaves, as in the crocus or gladiolus.
球茎:一种短厚而坚硬的储存食物的地下茎,有时有似纸的鳞状叶片,例如藏红花或唐菖蒲
来源:
New Latin cormus
现代拉丁语 cormus
from Greek kormos [a trimmed tree trunk] * see sker-
源自 希腊语 kormos [装饰用的木衣箱] *参见 sker-