conferruminate

English

Etymology

Latin conferruminare (“to cement”).

Verb

conferruminate (third-person singular simple present conferruminates, present participle conferruminating, simple past and past participle conferruminated)

1. To unite into a solid mass

Related terms

• conferrumination

Adjective

conferruminate (comparative more conferruminate, superlative most conferruminate)

1. (botany) Closely united by the coalescence of contiguous faces.

   The cotyledons of the live-oak acorn are conferruminate.