MLchartDataset catalogue

Corms

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001540

A solid, short, swollen underground stem which serves as an asexual propagule for the plant, lasts only one year, and bears the next year's growth at the top of the old corm.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001540
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPropagation materials; Stems; Ornamental bulbs, corms and tubers; Geophytes
TranslationsSpanish: cormos
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001540",
  "term": "Corms",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A solid, short, swollen underground stem which serves as an asexual propagule for the plant, lasts only one year, and bears the next year's growth at the top of the old corm.",
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "propagation materials",
    "stems",
    "ornamental bulbs, corms and tubers",
    "geophytes"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cormos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/corms/"
}

Record 1,521 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.