corm

corm

英 [kɔːm]
　　美 [kɔrm]

n. [植] 球莖

中文詞源：

corm 球莖

來自拉丁詞cormus, 球莖。可能進一步來自PIE*sker, 彎，圍，成塊，詞源同cram, crowd, corporal(?).

例句：

1. The growth rate of seed shoots is higher than corm shoots.
生長過程中,種子繁殖苗的生長速率大於球莖繁殖苗.

2. A similar underground stem or root , such as a corm, rhizome, or tuber.
多年生草本植物的一個屬, 具塊莖或地下莖.

3. Hawaiian food made from taro corm that is cooked, pounded a paste, and fermented.
夏威夷菜,芋頭搗碎成糊狀, 通常允許發酵.

4. A loose , membranous outer covering of a bulb corm , as of the onion, tulip, or crocus.
洋蔥的一種類型,出產小的 、 簇狀的味道溫和的鱗莖, 通常被用作一種調味品.