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glomerule
[glom-uh-rool]
noun
Botany.
a cyme condensed into a headlike cluster.
glomerule
/ -ˌleɪt, ˈɡlɒməˌruːl, ɡlɒˈmɛrʊlɪt /
noun
a cymose inflorescence in the form of a ball-like cluster of flowers
a ball-like cluster of spores
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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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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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