Difference between revisions of "Corm"

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-A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ used by some plants to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (estivation). A corm consists of one or more internodes with at least one growing point, with protective leaves modified into skins or tunics. The thin tunic leaves are dry papery dead petiole sheaths formed from the leaves produced the year before and act as a covering that protects the corm from insects and water loss. Internally a corm is mostly made of starch-containing parenchyma cells above a circular basal node that grows roots.
-This information was obtained from Wikipedia.