(n.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.
Example Sentences:
(1) The stability of various concentrations of morphine sulfate solution stored in Cormed III (Kalex) i.v.
(2) The TC1 mRNA accumulates during corm development, is more prevalent in corm apical than basal regions, and is either absent, or present at low concentrations, in other vegetative organs such as the leaf and root.
(3) We investigated gene expression patterns that occur during taro corm development.
(4) The methods were shown to be sensitive and specific and can be used as an alternative to the pharmacopoeial methods having been applied to the determination of colchicine in corms of Merendera persica and in three pharmaceutical preparations.
(5) Our results show that corm development is associated with the differentiation of specialized cells and tissues, and that these differentiation events are coupled with the temporal and spatial expression of corm-specific genes.
(6) A curculin-encoding cDNA clone, designated as TC1, was identified that corresponds to a highly prevalent 1-kb corm mRNA.
(7) Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis identified several different prevalent proteins that accumulate during corm development.
(8) The finding, gathering, and preparing of sedge corms and of seeds of tamarind fruit were described in detail.
(9) To this end, two groups of women, hyperandrogenic anovulatory (n = 4) and early follicular phase (n = 4) normally-cycling controls, were subjected to continuous blood withdrawal over 24 hours with a portable Cormed pump (Cormed Inc., Middleport, NY) and to exogenous stimulation with human chorionic gonadotropin.
(10) There was one anesthetic complication, respiratory depression in a patient whose MediPort (Cormed, Inc, Medina, NY) was inserted using local anesthesia and sedation.
(11) 4 periods were established in the development of stem apices: (1) formation of apical meristem (November), (2) slow development coinciding with the intensive plant vegetation (December--February), (3) transition to generative development when the vegetative organs begin to dry off (March) and (4) differentiation of generative organs at the time when the corm is underground and vegetative organs almost fully absent (summer).
(12) In situ hybridization experiments showed that the TC1 mRNA is highly concentrated in corm storage parenchyma cells and is absent, or present in reduced concentrations, in other corm cells and tissues.
(13) The greatest adsorption occurred with walls from leaf blade, followed by petiole and corm walls, although the differences were not major.
Taro
Definition:
(n.) A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.
Example Sentences:
(1) Last year the then foreign minister - and self-confessed manga addict - Taro Aso, created a "Nobel prize" for international manga artists.
(2) Taro Aso, the finance minister, said on Monday that the elderly should be allowed to "hurry up and die" to relieve pressure on the state to pay for their medical care.
(3) Taro Aso, one of the most controversial figures in Japanese politics, has emerged as the favourite to replace Yasuo Fukuda, less than 24 hours after the prime minister announced his surprise resignation.
(4) "Unless we take appropriate steps, there will be a major impact on the real economy," the prime minister, Taro Aso, told reporters.
(5) However, Obama's team pointed out that the busy president did not hold a press conference after meeting the Japanese prime minister, Taro Aso, last week.
(6) In response to rising paranoia around communism, the comic creators drew on the recent popularity of the Japanese viral sensation Piko Taro’s video Pen Pineapple Apple Pen , which has been viewed more than 16 million times.
(7) While A. parasiticus did produce mycelia and spores on the lettuce and taro root samples, there were not detectable levels of any aflatoxin produced.
(8) The total is a substantial increase from the £68bn package announced by the prime minister, Taro Aso, on Monday, and is likely to top ¥56tn when other measures such as tax cuts and credit guarantees are included.
(9) Cultures of A. flavus produced both aflatoxins B1 and G1 on taro root, but produced by B1 on lettuce, cauliflower, and celery.
(10) Last year engineers from Australia and Britain helped plan the relocation of Taro, a town in the Solomon Islands , to the adjacent mainland.
(11) Taro alpha-D-galactosidase also hydrolyzes (1----4)- and (1----6)-linked alpha-D-galactopyranosyl groups from D-galactose-containing glycoconjugates.
(12) The five samples of taro (Colocasia esculenta) showed wide variation in composition.
(13) These data are consistent with the monosaccharide compositions of the taro wall preparations, which were more similar to those of unlignified walls of dicotyledons than to unlignified walls of the Poaceae.
(14) Profits finally fetch up in Enthoven's Taro III Trust.
(15) Taro Aso, the outgoing prime minister, indicated he would resign as head of the LDP to take responsibility for a disastrous night that could see the party's strength reduced from 300 seats to just over 100.
(16) Our traditional root crops, such as pulaka and taro, are gradually dying because of sea water intrusion and frequent droughts.
(17) No significative differences were poi nted out for the most part of the determined parameters between the stations upstream and downstream Cremona and Casalmaggiore, except the turbid load (turbidity, suspended matter at 105 degrees C, setteable solids) which presented at Casalmaggiore an average value absolutely higher than the calculated one which was achieved considering concentrations and river flow at Cremona and at the mouths of Arda-Ongina and Taro.
(18) We investigated gene expression patterns that occur during taro corm development.
(19) In order to have plenty of milk, mothers are kept on a diet of taro, sweet potato, and cooked papaya fruit supplemented with the young fronds of edible ferns, lightly boiled (Cyathea sp., Diplazium sp., Tectaria latifolia, Microlepia speluncae and Hypolepis sp.).
(20) When I was a kid,” says Tupou, a farmer on the Cook Islands, “we ate mostly fresh fish and tomatoes, pawpaw, and taro.