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Cumulus

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Noun

1. cumulus, cumulus cloud

a globular cloud

2. agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile

a collection of objects laid on top of each other

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cumulus

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noun plural -li (-ˌlaɪ)
1. 
a bulbous or billowing white or dark grey cloud associated with rising air currents
Compare cirrus (sense 1), stratus
2. histology
the mass of cells surrounding a recently ovulated egg cell in a Graafian follicle

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Cumulus

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcumuˌli (kjumjuˌlaɪ ; kyo̅omyo̅olīˌ; ˈkjumjəˌlaɪ ; kyo̅oˈmyəlīˌ)
1. 
a heap; mass; pile
2. 
the type of bright, billowy cloud with a dark, flat base, that develops vertically through all cloud levels and consists mostly of water droplets

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cumulus

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n. pl. cu·mu·li (-lī′)
1. A dense, white, fluffy, flat-based cloud with a multiple rounded top and a well-defined outline, usually formed by the ascent of thermally unstable air masses.
2. A pile, mound, or heap.

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