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The majority of plant material exchanges—transfers of seeds, seedlings, whole plants and corms—took place between institutions located on the same continent.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Consider growing summer-blooming bulbs, corms, and tubers, including agapanthus, begonias, caladiums, calla lilies, canna lilies, dahlias, daylilies, gladiolus, iris, lilies and watsonias.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
This welcome addition to the forest floor in April grows from an underground tuber or corm, which looks like a very small potato.
—Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Once daytime temperatures reach 55-60 degrees, plant the corms 5 inches deep and 4 inches apart.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Consider growing summer-blooming bulbs, corms, and tubers, including agapanthus, begonias, caladiums, calla lilies, canna lilies, dahlias, daylilies, gladiolus, iris, lilies and watsonias.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
This welcome addition to the forest floor in April grows from an underground tuber or corm, which looks like a very small potato.
—Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Once daytime temperatures reach 55-60 degrees, plant the corms 5 inches deep and 4 inches apart.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Corm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corm. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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corm
noun
: a solid underground part of a stem (as of the crocus) that is shaped like a bulb compare bulb sense 1a, tuber sense 1
Medical Definition
corm
noun
: a rounded thick modified underground stem base bearing membranous or scaly leaves and buds and acting as a vegetative reproductive structure
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