corm
US /kɔːrm/
UK /kɔːm/
명사
덩이줄기
a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ used by some plants to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat
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Gladioli grow from corms, not bulbs.
글라디올러스는 구근이 아니라 덩이줄기에서 자란다.
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The crocus plant stores energy in its underground corm.
크로커스 식물은 지하 덩이줄기에 에너지를 저장한다.