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形容詞

glomerous (comparative more glomerous, superlative most glomerous)

1. (rare or India) Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.
   • 1847, George Johnston, A History of the British Zoophytes, volume 1, 2nd edition, page 276:

     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.

   • 1978, A. Chandrahasan Johnson et al., “Relation of vascular and osseous changes in leprosy”, in Skeletal Radiology, volume 3, pages 36-41:

     The glomerous vascular arrangement may render adjacent tissue ischemic by permitting by-pass of an already marginal blood supply.

   • 2004, Lourens Poorter, F. N. Kouame, Franciscus Bongers, W. D. Hawthorne, Biodiversity of West African Forests: An Ecological Atlas of Woody Plant Species, page 250:

     Hymenocoleus axillaris Robbr.
     Rubiaceae
     […]
     Inflorescence: axillary, 2-7 pairs of glomerous inflorescences each with approx. 20 flowers