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glomerule

[glom-uh-rool]

noun

Botany.
  1. a cyme condensed into a headlike cluster.



glomerule

/ -ˌleɪt, ˈɡlɒməˌruːl, ɡlɒˈmɛrʊlɪt /

noun

  1. a cymose inflorescence in the form of a ball-like cluster of flowers

  2. a ball-like cluster of spores

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • glomerulate adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glomerule1

1785–95; < New Latin glomerulus glomerulus
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glomerule1

C18: from New Latin glomerulus
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Example Sentences

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Conglomerate, crowded into a glomerule.

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Glomerule, a dense head-like cluster, 77.

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A Glomerule is a cyme still more compacted, so as to imitate a head.

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