"glomerule" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: glomerules [plural]
Etymology: Diminutive of Latin glomus ball. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|glomus}} Latin glomus Head templates: {{en-noun}} glomerule (plural glomerules)
  1. (botany) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.
    Sense id: en-glomerule-en-noun-f6puDt5c Categories (other): Botany, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (anatomy) A glomerulus.
    Sense id: en-glomerule-en-noun-1NCJtRRa Categories (other): Anatomy, Plant anatomy Disambiguation of Plant anatomy: 14 86 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: glomerulation, glomerulomegaly

Inflected forms

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