A small corm (an underground plant storage structure) that grows from a parent corm, eventually developing into a full-sized corm.
From corm (from Greek 'kormos' meaning 'tree trunk') plus the diminutive suffix -el, literally meaning 'little corm.' These are miniature versions of the corm.
Gardeners use cormels to propagate plants—a single crocus corm can produce dozens of cormels in a season, which is why a handful of bulbs can transform into a massive flower display after just a few years.
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