corculum

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin, meaning "little heart".

Noun edit

corculum (plural corcula)

(botany, obsolete) The central part of a seed, from which the new plant develops.

Anagrams edit

curcumol

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From cor (heart) +‎ -culum (diminutive-forming suffix).

Noun edit

corculum n (genitive corculī); second declension

a little heart
sweetheart

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	corculum	corcula
Genitive	corculī	corculōrum
Dative	corculō	corculīs
Accusative	corculum	corcula
Ablative	corculō	corculīs
Vocative	corculum	corcula

References edit

“corculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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