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Definition: GLOMERULE |
GLOMERULENoun1. A glomerulus. 2. A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood. |
Etymology: Glomerule \Glom"er*ule\, noun. [Dim. from Latin glomus ball.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Science | A very dense cluster. adj. glomerulate. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GLOMERULE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | noegle af blomster (flower cluster), froenoegle (cluster). (various references) | |
Dutch | zaaizaadkluwen (cluster), kluwen (ball, cluster, flower cluster, glomus), bloemkluwen (flower cluster). (various references) | |
Finnish | tiivis puolipallomainen kukinto siemenvaiheessa (cluster), tiheä puolipallomainen kukinto (flower cluster). (various references) | |
French | glomérule floral, glomérule (glomerulus). (various references) | |
German | Samenknäuel (cluster), Knäuel (ball), Blütenknäuel (flower cluster). (various references) | |
Greek | ορμαθός ανθέων (flower cluster). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פקעית. (various references) | |
Italian | glomerulo floreale (flower cluster), glomerulo (cluster, crumb, granule). (various references) | |
Manx | bluckaneen. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omeruleglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | glomérulo floral (flower cluster). (various references) | |
Romanian | glomerul. (various references) | |
Spanish | glomérulo floral (flower cluster), glomérulo (cluster, glomerate, glomeriform, glomerulus, glomiform). (various references) | |
Swedish | gyttrad blomställning (flower cluster), blomkorg (cluster), blomgyttring (flower cluster). (various references) | |
Turkish | çiçek kümesi. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiểu cầu. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Glomerulus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "GLOMERULE": glomerules. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "GLOMERULE" (pronounced 'Glom"er*ule'): Animalcule, Antennule, Bacule, Barbule, Bascule, Batule, Blastule, Bulbule, Canicule, Capitule, Capsule, Cedule, Cellule, Cerule, Chondrule, Chromule, Conciliabule, Corneule, Coronule, Corpuscule, Cupule, Curule, Cymule, Cysticule, Fistule, floccule, Floscule, Formule, Frustule, gallinule, Gemmule, Germule, Glandule, granule, graticule, Hemispherule, joule, Ligule, Limule, lobule, locule, Lodicule, Lucule, lunule, majuscule, Maule, minuscule, molecule, monocule, Moule. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-l-l-m-o-r-u" | |
-2 letters: gomerel, morelle. | |
-3 letters: legume, morgue, muller, reglue, relume. | |
-4 letters: erugo, gluer, glume, golem, gruel, grume, leger, lemur, luger, merge, merle, mogul, morel, ogler, oleum, rogue, rouge. | |
-5 letters: eger, emeu, ergo, euro, germ, geum, glee, glom, glue, glum, goer, gore, gree, grue, grum, gull, leer, loge, lore, lour, luge, lure, mell, meou, mere, merl, mole. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-l-l-m-o-r-u" | |
+1 letter: glomerules. | |
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