GLOMERULE

glomerule

(noun) a compacted or sessile cyme

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

glomerule (plural glomerules)

(botany) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.

(anatomy) A glomerulus.

Source: Wiktionary


Glom"er*ule, n. Etym: [Dim. fr. L. glomus ball.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.

2. (Anat.)

Definition: A glomerulus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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