glomerate

[glom-er-it, -uh-reyt]

glom·er·ate

[glom-er-it, -uh-reyt]
adjective
compactly clustered.

Origin:
1785–95; < Latin glomerātus wound or formed into a ball (past participle of glomerāre), equivalent to glomer- (stem of glomus) ball-shaped mass + -ātus -ate1

non·glom·er·ate, adjective
non·glom·er·ate·ly, adverb
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glomerate (ˈɡlɒmərɪt)
 
adj
1.  gathered into a compact rounded mass
2.  wound up like a ball of thread
3.  anatomy (esp of glands) conglomerate in structure
 
[C18: from Latin glomerāre to wind into a ball, from glomus ball]

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