glomerule

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Definition of glomerule

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.
    “glomerules of the thallus”
    “O. fragrantissima[…]Inflorescence of alternate sessile glomerules ½–¾ in. diam., each containing 8–12 nearly sessile heads[…]”
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noun

  1. A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.
    “glomerules of the thallus”
    “O. fragrantissima[…]Inflorescence of alternate sessile glomerules ½–¾ in. diam., each containing 8–12 nearly sessile heads[…]”
  2. A glomerulus.
    “The function of the glomerule is to separate the superfluous water from the blood”
  3. A globule of metal.

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Etymology

Diminutive of Latin glomus ball.

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