Note 2616 — I.—PHÆNOGAMOUS OR FLOWERING PLANTS. (continued 21)
Reading edition
The term corm is applied by English writers to the short, fleshy, bulb-shaped base of an annual stem, either lateral as in Colchicum, or terminal as in Crocus. By many continental botanists, the corm of Colchicum is regarded either as a form of tuber, or of bulb.