cormel

[kawr-muh l, kawr-mel]

noun

a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.

Origin of cormel

1895–1900; corm + -el diminutive suffix, as in carpel, pedicel, etc. (< Latin -ellus; see -elle

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British Dictionary definitions for cormel

cormel

noun

a new small corm arising from the base of a fully developed one

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