Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glomerous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glom-er-ous
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"The entire polypidom rarely exceeds half an inch in length, but when perfect the branches are bent and intertwined so as to form a little glomerous mass."
"The glomerous vascular arrangement may render adjacent tissue ischemic by permitting by-pass of an already marginal blood supply."
"Hymenocoleus axillaris Robbr. Rubiaceae […] Inflorescence: axillary, 2-7 pairs of glomerous inflorescences each with approx. 20 flowers"

Etymology

From Latin glomerosus, from glomus. See glome.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: glomerosus

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

more glomerous (comparative) most glomerous (superlative)

Questions

What does glomerous mean?: Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.
Where does glomerous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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