Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cormus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cormus \Cor"mus\ (k[^o]r"m[u^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kormo`s the
trunk of a tree (with the boughs cut off), fr. kei`rein to
shear.]
1. (Bot.) See {Corm}.
2. (Biol.) A vegetable or animal made up of a number of
individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a
process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds
remain attached.
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