acervate

adjective

acer·​vate

əˈsərvə̇t,

ˈasərˌvāt

: growing in heaps or closely compacted clusters

acervate fungal sporophores

acervately adverb

Word History

Etymology

Latin acervatus, past participle of acervare to heap up, from acervus heap

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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