corm
(noun) solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
corm (plural corms)
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.
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Source: Wiktionary
Corm (krm), n. Etym: [See Cormus.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: Same as Cormus, 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
