glomerule

See also: glomérule

English

Etymology

Diminutive of Latin glomus ball.

Noun

glomerule (plural glomerules)

1. (botany) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.
   • 1891, Grevillea:

     glomerules of the thallus

   • 1906, Thomas Frederick Cheeseman, Manual of the New Zealand Flora, Compositæ:

     O. fragrantissima […] Inflorescence of alternate sessile glomerules ½–¾ in. diam., each containing 8–12 nearly sessile heads […]

2. (anatomy) A glomerulus.
   • 1899, John Peter Schmitz, Human Physiology:

     The function of the glomerule is to separate the superfluous water from the blood

3. (mining) A globule of metal.

Derived terms

• glomerulation
• glomerulomegaly

References

• “glomerule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.