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According to Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology archaeologist Jian-Hui Liu and colleagues, all 35 tools seem to have been designed, crafted, and used to harvest plants—specifically, the rhizomes, bulb-like corms, and other underground organs that many plants use to store nutrients.
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ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
These corms are larger than most and should be planted at a 4-6 inch depth with a 3-5 inch separation between them.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
The majority of plant material exchanges—transfers of seeds, seedlings, whole plants and corms—took place between institutions located on the same continent.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Consider growing summer-blooming bulbs, corms, and tubers, including agapanthus, begonias, caladiums, calla lilies, canna lilies, dahlias, daylilies, gladiolus, iris, lilies and watsonias.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
These corms are larger than most and should be planted at a 4-6 inch depth with a 3-5 inch separation between them.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
The majority of plant material exchanges—transfers of seeds, seedlings, whole plants and corms—took place between institutions located on the same continent.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Consider growing summer-blooming bulbs, corms, and tubers, including agapanthus, begonias, caladiums, calla lilies, canna lilies, dahlias, daylilies, gladiolus, iris, lilies and watsonias.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Corm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corm. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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corm
noun
: a solid underground part of a stem (as of the crocus) that is shaped like a bulb compare bulb sense 1a, tuber sense 1
Medical Definition
corm
noun
: a rounded thick modified underground stem base bearing membranous or scaly leaves and buds and acting as a vegetative reproductive structure
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