‖Cor″mus (kôr″mŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κορμόσ the trunk of a tree (with the boughs cut off), fr. κείρειν to shear.]
1. (Bot.) See Corm.
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.