glomerule

American

[glom-uh-rool] / ˈglɒm əˌrul /

noun

Botany.

a cyme condensed into a headlike cluster.

glomerule British

/ -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 Word Forms

Derived Forms

glomerulate

adjective

Etymology

Origin of glomerule

1785–95; < New Latin glomerulus glomerulus

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

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

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