# Cormil

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/cormil
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

a small [corm](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/corm "a short, swollen, upright, underground stem formed annually in the stem-base and in which food reserves are stored. It is surrounded by dry, protective leaf-bases.") or [corm](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/corm "a short, swollen, upright, underground stem formed annually in the stem-base and in which food reserves are stored. It is surrounded by dry, protective leaf-bases.")-like bud in the [axil](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/axil "the upper angle between the axis and any organ which arises from it, especially a leaf or bract.") of a foliage leaf or [bract](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/bract "leaf-like structure or scale that subtends an inflorescence or flower.").

## Related terms

- [Corm](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/corm)