Plant Rhizome

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Bulbs

A short stem (the basal plate) wrapped in fleshy scales that hold the food store, with the next flower folded inside.

Corms

A swollen, solid stem base. No layers inside, just starchy tissue, with a papery tunic and buds on top.

Tubers

A swollen piece of underground stem that carries buds (eyes) scattered over its surface.

Rhizomes

A stem that grows sideways at or just below the soil, with nodes that make shoots above and roots below.

Tuberous roots

A true root swollen with food. It has no buds of its own: new shoots come only from the crown where the roots join the old stem.