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glomerate
[ glom-er-it, -uh-reyt ]
adjective
- compactly clustered.
glomerate
/ ˈɡlɒmərɪt /
adjective
- gathered into a compact rounded mass
- wound up like a ball of thread
- anatomy (esp of glands) conglomerate in structure
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Other Words From
- non·glomer·ate adjective
- non·glomer·ate·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glomerate1
1785–95; < Latin glomerātus wound or formed into a ball (past participle of glomerāre ), equivalent to glomer- (stem of glomus ) ball-shaped mass + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glomerate1
C18: from Latin glomerāre to wind into a ball, from glomus ball
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Example Sentences
Usually twining or trailing; flowers on axillary peduncles or cymose-glomerate.
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