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ACERVATE

Pronunciation:  u'survit

Matching Terms:  Acervation, Acervative

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass; "acervate fungous sporophores"
 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \A*cer"vate\, v. t. [L. acervatus, p. p. of acervare to
    heap up, fr. acervus heap.]
    To heap up. [Obs.]
    
  2. \A*cer"vate\, a.
    Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
    
 

 

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