Acervate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæs.ə.veɪt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Acervate is an adjective meaning (chiefly botany, rare) Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
Meaning
(chiefly botany, rare) Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) To heap up.
Example Sentences
Later, the megaspore becomes fully engorged with cytoplasm and accumulates an acervate complex of storage products such as lipids, starch and protein bodies (Fig. 2.4).
Word Forms
- acervates
- acervating
- acervated
Synonyms for acervate
Depending on context, synonyms include heap, pile.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cumulate, amassed, agglomerate, thickset, accumulative, accumulate.
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