conferruminate

adjective

1. Closely united by the coalescence of contiguous faces.

   The cotyledons of the live-oak acorn are conferruminate.

Where it comes from

First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin conferrūminātus, perfect passive participle of conferrūminō (“to cement”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- + ferrūminō, from ferrūmen (“cement”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry conferruminate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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