glomerous

comparative more glomerous · superlative most glomerous

1. IndiarareGathered or formed into a ball or round mass.

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

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

   2 more examples

   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.

   1847, George Johnston, A History of the British Zoophytes, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 276

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

   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