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Definition of: acervate
(ə·sûr′vit, -vāt, as′ər·vāt) adjective Bot.
Massed or heaped together; growing compactly in clusters. [<L acervatus, pp. of acervare heap up < acervus heap]
—a·cer′vate·ly adverb
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