corculum

English

Etymology

From Latin corculum, diminutive of cor (“heart”).

Noun

corculum (plural corcula)

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

Anagrams

• curcumol

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

corculum n (genitive corculī); second declension

1. a little heart
2. sweetheart

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	corculum	corcula
genitive	corculī	corculōrum
dative	corculō	corculīs
accusative	corculum	corcula
ablative	corculō	corculīs
vocative	corculum	corcula

References

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