Definition of Glomerule. Meaning of Glomerule. Synonyms of Glomerule

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Definition of Glomerule

Glomerule
Glomerule Glom"er*ule, n. [Dim. fr. L. glomus ball.] 1. (Bot.) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood. 2. (Anat.) A glomerulus.

Meaning of Glomerule from wikipedia

- inflorescences. Very small flowers sit in one- to three- (rarely eight-) flowered glomerules in the axils of short bracts or in the upper half of the inflorescence...
- terminal and lateral. They consist of ****ately or paniculately arranged glomerules of flowers. Plants are monoecious (rarely dioecious). In monoecious plants...
- both ends, with small hairs and small teeth. Flowers are born in small glomerules (clumps) of pink or purple flowers and green bracts, born in the axils...
- Its leaves are very small, like flakes. Its flowers, disposed in little glomerules, have a white corolla, with the androecium welded to the corolla. In Eurasia...
- v t e Disease of the kidney glomerules Primarily nephrotic Primarily nephritic, RPG General glomerulonephritis glomerulonephrosis...
- stems and arising from upper leaf axils. The glomerules usually crowd on the branch. Within a glomerule, flowers may be at different stages of development:...
- plants are usually dioecious, (rarely monoecious). The male flowers are in glomerules forming interrupted terminal spike-like panicles. They consist of 4-5...
- linear-lanceolate, with dark reddish petioles. Inflorescences show many globose glomerules, 3–5 mm in diameter. The fruits are edible and can be used to make wine...
- Retrieved 19 December 2018. A grammatical dictionary of botanical Latin: glomerule. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 21 December 2018. Stearn, W.T. (1992)...
- elliptical. Flowers are small, white, clustered in terminal and axillary glomerules. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ****coce neoterminalis...