Definition for GLOME

GLOME, n. [L. glomus, a ball; Heb. and Ch. גלם, Ar. لَمَّ lamma, to wind, convolve, or collect into a mass. Class Lm, No. 5, 11. Qu. its alliance to lump, clump, plumbum.]

In botany, a roundish head of flowers. Martyn.

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