corm
A short, swollen underground stem that stores food in solid stem tissue, as in a crocus or gladiolus.
Corm of a garden gladiolus (Gladiolus hybrid)
All languages
- English
- corm
- Norwegian
- stengelknoll
- Japanese
- 球茎 — きゅうけい — kyuukei
- Korean
- 알줄기 — aljulgi
- Spanish
- cormo
- French
- corme
- German
- Sprossknolle
Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.
Reference sources
- University of Florida IFAS — a corm is a solid swollen stem enclosed by dry scale-like leaves, unlike a bulb's leaf-scale interior
- Illinois Extension — corms are swollen stem bases with no visible storage rings when cut in half
- Washington State University Extension — corm interiors are solid stem tissue and contain no leaf tissue