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corm
corm In plants, an underground storage organ formed from a swollen stem base, bearing
adventitious roots and scale leaves. Often it is renewed annually, each new corm forming on top of the preceding one. It may function as an organ of
vegetative reproduction or in
perennation.
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Phase Change from Dormancy to Continuous Shoot Proliferation in Cultured Meristems of Saffron Corms
Magazine article from: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology; 4/1/2004; ; 558 words
; ...happens with the mother corm shoots during the phase...isolated from dormant corms develop into plantlets with a basal corm in MS medium without...and yielding a single corm per initial meristem...isolated from dormant corms. The morphogenic response...
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 "The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)")
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Corm advocates remodeling of Lebanese economy to 'do miracles like other countries'.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon); 12/18/2008; 700+ words
; ...productive, former Finance Minister Georges Corm said Wednesday. Lebanon has to shift from...productive, former Finance Minister Georges Corm said Wednesday. Lebanon has to shift from...like other countries have been doing, Corm told The Daily Star. The remarks came...
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 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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Lift corms to boost next year's display.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 10/25/1998; 336 words
; ...One of the reasons for lifting the corms is to ensure they do not rot or freeze...by lifting you can separate the main corm from the tiny cormlets. By planting...long as practical and then keep your corms laid in shallow trays to dry somewhere...
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LEBANON: CORM INSISTS THAT PRIVATIZATION LAW WILL PASS IN 2000.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/16/1999; 487 words
; ...Lebanese Minister of Finance, Mr. Georges Corm, says that the Lebanese government is...the privatization-related laws. Mr. Corm expects the privatization law to be approved...the American University of Beirut, Mr. Corm criticized the opposition's prolonged...
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LEBANON: CORM: "NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT FINANCIAL CONDITIONS".(Georges Corm of Ministry of Finance reports of economic conditions)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/7/2000; 497 words
; ...27, 2000), the Lebanese Minister of Finance, Mr. Georges Corm, asserted that "there is no need to worry about the publicized...have to borrow from abroad in the first quarter of 2000. Mr. Corm also said that there is no need to worry about the Lebanese lira...
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ISCC Annual Meeting and CORM Technical Meeting to be held in conjunction at NIST site on May 10-11, 2004.
Magazine article from: JCT CoatingsTech; 2/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...Council for Optical Radiation Measurements (CORM) meeting, "Advances in Color and Appearance...with a poster session in conjunction with CORM on the afternoon of May 11. ISCC project committees will meet on May 12, while CORM will hold technical meetings on May 13...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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COLCHICUM CORMS FLOWER IN FALL.(Stars)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 12/10/2006; 700+ words
; ...zone 6. Colchicums are in the lily family and grow from large corms that are planted in late summer. They bloom almost immediately...mature fully for the plant to flower well in the fall. Dig the corms carefully because the clumps may be deeper and larger than you...
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LEBANON: TREASURY MINISTER MARKETS EUROBOND ISSUANCE.(Georges Corms)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 6/27/2000; 498 words
; ...22, 2000), the Lebanese Minister of Finance, Mr. Georges Corms, has recently returned from London after meeting top executives from international monetary and banking associations. Mr. Corms attempted to promote and to market a $400 million Eurobond...
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Corm Healthcare establishes two new home care product services.
Newspaper article from: Transplant News; 10/30/1998; 459 words
; Corm Healthcare, Denver, CO, announced it has established a Clinical Research and Medical Informatics Division to provide home care...
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Corm sees lower deficit.(budget deficit forecast)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 10/6/2000; 578 words
; Finance Minister George Corm is projecting a budget deficit of 35.6 per cent of expenditure in 2001, down from 37.3 per cent of expenditure budgeted for...
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Corm
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Corm A corm is a modified, upright...of an herbaceous plant. Corms serve as a perennating...develops from underground corms. In fact, the corm of the water chestnut is...propagate these species using corms, which develop small...
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corm
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
corm short, thickened underground stem, usually covered with papery leaves. A corm grows vertically, producing buds at the upper nodes and roots from the lower surface. Corms serve as organs of food storage and in some plants...
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taro
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...of the arum family that has edible starchy corms and edible fleshy leaves, esp. a variety with a large central corm grown as a staple in the Pacific. Also called...Compare with eddo . ∎ the corm of this plant.
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arum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...dasheen. Taro, with its large, starchy corms or rootstocks (characteristic of the arum...striped spathe (the pulpit). Its starchy corms were eaten by the Native Americans, as...of the arum family, is removed from the corms by cooking. Classification The family...
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Crocus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
...family Iridaceae ) A genus of herbs in which tufts of narrow leaves arise from corms and have white midribs. The flowers are solitary, subsessile on the corms, and regular. They have 6 similar perianth segments and an extremely long perianth...
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