|
|
Definition of Cormous
1. Adjective. Having or producing corms.
Definition of Cormous
1. Adjective. (botany) Growing from a corm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cormous
1. corm [adj] - See also: corm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cormous
Literary usage of Cormous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"cormous plants, with showy flowers in simple or branched spikes. ... cormous,
small, nearly simple plants, with few yellow scattered or loosely ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"[Hand. of Berk.] "[F. of D.] CORD WOOD. sb. The small upper branches of trees,
used for fuel or charcoal. [V. of Glos.] F. of D.] cormous. adj. tg, ..."
3. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by J[ohn] Drummond Robertson (1890)
"[Hund, of Berk.] '[F. of D.] CORD WOOD. sb. The small upper branches of trees,
used for fuel or charcoal. [V. of Glos.] F. of D.] cormous. adj. eg, ..."
4. "Magyarland;": Being the Narrative of Our Travels Through the Highlands and by Mazuchelli, N. E (1881)
"And by the way he spoko of cormous one would have supposed it to be the extreme
limits of civilisation. " Not many strangers travel this way to Hungary," ..."
5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"cormous: Ivs. few, distichous: fls. in different colors, in open, simple or forked
spikes; perianth nearly regular, rotate, with a cylindrical tube; ..."
6. Botany: An Elementary Text for Schools by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1900)
"Small cormous plants with flat leaves: flowers white or yellowish, tubular, with
a somewhat spreading limb, the tube generally curved: stem about 1 ft. high ..."
7. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"cormous. Leaves.—Sword-shaped or linear. Flowers.—Borne in a two-ranked spike on
a tall scape. Perianth-lube.—Funnel-shaped, six-parted, ..."
Other Resources:
