Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small young corm produced by a fully developed corm.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[corm + -el, diminutive suff. (from Latin -ellus).]
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Examples
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A crop may be obtained in one year from A. paeoniifolius if a four year old corm is cut into sections, each of which weighs 1-1. 2 kg and carries at least one cormel and planted.
Chapter 16 1987
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