glomerule
nounEtymology Diminutive of Latin glomus ball.
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences 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:
- The function of the glomerule is to separate the superfluous water from the blood1899, John Peter Schmitz, Human Physiology:
- Derived terms
- glomerulation, glomerulomegaly