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

Other Word Forms

• glomerulate adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of glomerule¹

1785–95; < New Latin glomerulus glomerulus

Word History and Origins

Origin of glomerule¹

C18: from New Latin _glomerulus

Example Sentences

Conglomerate, crowded into a glomerule.

From Project Gutenberg

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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