/ kɔːm; NAmE kɔːrm/ noun
the small round underground part of some plants, from which the new plant grows every year
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin cormus , from Greek kormos trunk stripped of its boughs.
/ kɔːm; NAmE kɔːrm/ noun
the small round underground part of some plants, from which the new plant grows every year
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin cormus , from Greek kormos trunk stripped of its boughs.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005