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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. quotations examples
The saffron crocus has to be planted by hand from corms.
2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 268