flocculate means having flock form or forms. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
Scientific internationalism; from Latin flocculus + -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), diminutive of floccus (“a lock, tuft”).
adj
- Having flock form or forms.
noun
- A mass that has suffered flocculation.
verb
- To collect (suspended particles, sediment, etc.) into loose, fluffy aggregations resembling tufts of wool.“When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.”