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| agglomerate |
collected into a mass or cluster; heaped. [1/4 definitions] |
| aggregate |
formed in a dense cluster or mass. [1/6 definitions] |
| ament1 |
a dense, drooping cluster of scalelike flowers growing around a spike, found on trees such as poplars, birches, and willows; catkin. |
| body clock |
(non-technical) a cluster of cells in the hypothalamus lobe of the brain that controls Circadian rhythm, esp. the regulation of such biological functions as eating and sleeping. [1/2 definitions] |
| bract |
a leaflike part usu. located below a flower or flower cluster. |
| bundle |
in biology, a cluster of muscle or nerve fibers. [1/6 definitions] |
| catkin |
a dense, drooping cluster of small flowers growing in rows on a spike, as on a willow tree. |
| constellate |
to gather in, or as if in, a constellation; cluster. |
| corymb |
a flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the flower stalks grow upwards from various points of the main stem and become level with each other. |
| cyme |
a flower cluster that blooms from the center to the edges, and whose main stem is always topped by a flower. |
| devil's paintbrush |
a common perennial weed found in Europe and North America that bears a cluster of orange-red flowers atop a leafless stalk. |
| fascicle |
a small bundle or cluster of fibers, such as stems, flowers, or leaves in plants, or nerve fibers in animals. [1/2 definitions] |
| Gatling gun |
an early machine gun with a revolving cluster of barrels, each of which was automatically loaded and fired when the cluster was rotated. |
| grapeshot |
formerly, a cluster of small iron balls shot from cannons. |
| group |
a collection of things, ideas, or people that are assembled, connected, or related; body; cluster; set. [1/5 definitions] |
| Hercules |
a summer constellation in the northern sky, located between Lyra and Boötes, and containing a large star cluster. [1/3 definitions] |
| Hyades |
a cluster of more than two hundred stars in the constellation Taurus. [1/2 definitions] |
| inflorescence |
a cluster of flowers or a single flower on a plant. [1/3 definitions] |
| intercluster |
combined form of cluster. |
| involucre |
a ring of small leaves or leaflike parts at the base of a flower or flower cluster of a composite plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| moss |
a cluster or mass of such plants. [1/3 definitions] |
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