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glomerule

[ glom-uh-rool ]

noun

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


glomerule

/ -ËŒleɪt; ˈɡlÉ’məˌruËl; É¡lɒˈmÉ›rÊŠlɪt /

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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Derived Forms

  • glomerulate, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of glomerule1

1785–95; < New Latin glomerulus glomerulus
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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