"glomerous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more glomerous [comparative], most glomerous [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin glomerosus, from glomus. See glome. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|glomerosus}} Latin glomerosus Head templates: {{en-adj}} glomerous (comparative more glomerous, superlative most glomerous)
  1. (rare or India) Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. Tags: India, rare
    Sense id: en-glomerous-en-adj-ZRqkTyco Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Indian English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1847, George Johnston, A History of the British Zoophytes, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 276:",
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          "ref": "2004, Lourens Poorter, F. N. Kouame, Franciscus Bongers, W. D. Hawthorne, Biodiversity of West African Forests: An Ecological Atlas of Woody Plant Species, page 250:",
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