acervate
adjective
acer·vate
əˈsərvə̇t,
ˈasərˌvāt
: growing in heaps or closely compacted clusters
acervate fungal sporophores
acervately adverb
Word History
Etymology
Latin acervatus, past participle of acervare to heap up, from acervus heap
First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above