cormous plant

Definitions of cormous plant
  1. noun
    plant growing from a corm
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    types:
    star grass
    any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America
    American star grass, Hypoxis hirsuta
    perennial star grass of North America
    type of:
    tracheophyte, vascular plant
    green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
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