Definition of Cormlike

1. Adjective. Resembling a corm. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cormlike

1. corm [adj] - See also: corm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cormlike

corkscrewy
corktree
corktrees
corkwing
corkwings
corkwood
corkwood family
corkwood tree
corkwoods
corky
corm
cormel
cormels
cormidia
cormidium
cormlike (current term)
cormogeny
cormoid
cormophyta
cormophyte
cormophytes
cormorant
cormorants
cormose
cormous
cormous plant
corms
cormus
cormuses
corn

Literary usage of Cormlike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1896)
"This species has a cormlike root. *Cyperus vaginatus, R. Brown. Cyperus subulatus, R. Br. (1). NB—There is a cyperus species growing here which, however, ..."

2. Introduction to Botany by William Chase Stevens (1902)
"Flowering very early in the spring; bulb cormlike. 1. Erythronium albidum, Nutt. (L., albidus, whitish.) WHITE DOGTOOTH VIOLET. ..."

3. Flora of the District of Columbia and Vicinity by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1919)
"Plants perennial, hard and cormlike at base or stoloniferous. ... Plants not stoloniferous; culms cormlike at base; spikelets in subglobose heads, ..."

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