acervate

comparative more acervate · superlative most acervate

1. rarebiologyHeaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.

   Later, the megaspore becomes fully engorged with cytoplasm and accumulates an acervate complex of storage products such as lipids, starch and protein bodies (Fig. 2.4).

   1989, V[alayamghat] Raghavan, Developmental Biology of Fern Gametophytes, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 24

present singular third person acervates · participle present acervating · participle past acervated · past acervated

1. obsoletetransitiveTo heap up.

   Synonyms: heap, pile