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Agglomerative

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ag·glom·er·ate  (-glm-rt)
tr. & intr.v. ag·glom·er·at·ed, ag·glom·er·at·ing, ag·glom·er·ates
To form or collect into a rounded mass.
adj. (-r-t)
Gathered into a rounded mass.
n. (-r-t)
1. A confused or jumbled mass; a heap.
2. A volcanic rock consisting of rounded and angular fragments fused together.
[Latin agglomerre, agglomert-, to mass together : ad-, ad- + glomerre, to form into a ball (from glomus, glomer-, ball).]
ag·glomer·ative (--rtv, -r--tv) adj.
ag·glomer·ator n.
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Adj.1.agglomerative - clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head"
agglomerate, agglomerated, clustered
collective - forming a whole or aggregate
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