acervate

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Pronunciation

/ˈæs.ə.veɪt/(UK)

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/ˈæs.ə.veɪt/(UK) · /ˈæs.ɚ.veɪt/(US)

Definition of acervate

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(rare)Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.

“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).”

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adj

(rare)Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.

“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).”

verb

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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

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