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glomerule

American  
[glom-uh-rool] / ˈglɒm əˌrul /

noun

Botany.

  1. a cyme condensed into a headlike cluster.

glomerule British  
/ -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

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Other Word Forms

  • glomerulate adjective

Etymology

Origin of glomerule

1785–95; < New Latin glomerulus glomerulus

Example Sentences

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Conglomerate, crowded into a glomerule.

From Project Gutenberg

Glomerule, a dense head-like cluster, 77.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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