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glomerule

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

Noun

glomerule (plural glomerules)

  1. A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.
    • glomerules of the thallus1891, Grevillea
    • O. fragrantissima[…]Inflorescence of alternate sessile glomerules ½–¾ in. diam., each containing 8–12 nearly sessile heads[…]1906, Thomas Frederick Cheeseman, Manual of the New Zealand Flora, Compositæ
  2. A glomerulus.
    • The function of the glomerule is to separate the superfluous water from the blood1899, John Peter Schmitz, Human Physiology
  3. A globule of metal.

Forms of glomerule

pluralglomerules

Origin of glomerule

Diminutive of Latin glomus ball.

Words formed from glomerule

Questions about glomerule

What does glomerule mean?
Glomerule means a head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.
What part of speech is glomerule?
Glomerule is a noun.
What is the plural of glomerule?
The plural of glomerule is glomerules.

Words near glomerule in the dictionary

  1. glomerulated
  2. glomerulates
  3. glomerulating
  4. glomerulation
  5. glomerulations
  6. glomerule
  7. glomerules
  8. glomeruli
  9. glomeruligenesis
  10. glomerulitides
  11. glomerulitis

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