Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass;
- Example: "acervate fungous sporophores"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Acervate \A*cer"vate\, v. t. [L. acervatus, p. p. of acervare to
heap up, fr. acervus heap.]
To heap up. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Acervate \A*cer"vate\, a.
Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
acervate
adj 1: pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up
mass; "acervate fungous sporophores"