n. [ See Cormus. ] 1. (Bot.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Same as Cormus, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + root of gi`gnesqai to be born. ] (Biol.) The embryological history of groups or families of individuals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + E. phylogeny. ] (Biol.) The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL. cormophyta, fr. Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + fyto`n plant. ] (Bot.) A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cormoran, fr. Armor. mōr-vran a sea raven; mōr sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven. ] 1. (Zool.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [ Written also corvorant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ravenous; voracious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cormorant, devouring time. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kormo`s the trunk of a tree (with the boughs cut off), fr. kei`rein to shear. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) See Corm. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]