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acervate

acer·vate

UK/ˈæs.ə.veɪt/ US/ˈæs.ɚ.veɪt/ uncommon obsolete rare

adjective

1.

pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass

  • “acervate fungous sporophores”

Origin

From Latin acervātus, perfect passive participle of acervō (“heap or pile up”), from acervus (“heap”).

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