# Cormel

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/cormel
**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.") 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 leaf of a larger [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.").

## Related terms

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