glomerate

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: glom=er=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

glomerate, a. [L. glomeratus, p. p. of glomerare to glomerate, from glomus. See 3d Glome.].

 Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.  [1913 Webster]

glomerate, v. t. & i. 

 To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

glomerate, adj. Bot. & Anat. compactly clustered.

Etymology

L glomeratus past part. of glomerare f. glomus -eris ball