GLOMERATE
Glom"er*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Glomerated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Glomerating.]
Defn: To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.
GLOMERATION
Glom`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. glomeratio.]
1. The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.
2. That which is formed into a ball; a ball. Bacon.
GLOMEROUS
Glom"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. glomerosus, fr. glomus. See 3d Glome.]
Defn: Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. [Obs.] Blount.
GLOMERULE
Glom"er*ule, n. Etym: [Dim. fr. L. glomus ball.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.